Mount Macklin (Mac Robertson Land)
| Mount Macklin | ||
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| height | 2005 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Anare Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Macklin is a ridge-like mountain with a 2005 m high and exposed peak in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Anare Nunatakkern it rises immediately east of Mount Shaw .
A team led by the Australian polar explorer John Mayston Béchervaise (1910-1998) visited him in November 1955 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Eric Leslie Macklin (1925-1997), radio operator at Mawson station in 1955 and 1959.
Web links
- Mount Macklin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Macklin on geographic.org (English)