Mount Markham
| Mount Markham | ||
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| height | 4350 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Markham is a mountain range with two peaks of 4350 and 4280 m in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises at the north end of the Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range .
The southern group of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the leadership of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered him. The mountain is named after Clements Markham , then President of the Royal Geographical Society and the driving force behind the research trip .
Web links
- Mount Markham ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 26, 2010.