Mount Markab
| Mount Markab | ||
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| height | 1350 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Pegasus Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 56 '8 " S , 67 ° 2' 49" W | |
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Mount Markab is a 1350 m high mountain on the Rymill coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . As the highest point of the Pegasus Mountains, it rises about 16 km northeast of Gurney Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1976 after the star Markab in the constellation Pegasus .
Web links
- Mount Markab in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Markab on geographic.org (English)