Mount Martyn
| Mount Martyn | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lazarev Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Martyn is a collection of bare rocky outcrops with a defined peak on the Oates coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Lasarev Mountains , the mountain rises 5 km south of Eld Peak . It is the most distinctive formation on the western flank of the Matusevich Glacier .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). Further recordings were made on February 20, 1959 by participants in a campaign led by the Australian polar researcher Phillip Law as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). It is named after the Australian physicist David Forbes Martyn (1906–1970), a senior scientist in the ANARE planning committee.
Web links
- Mount Martyn in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Martyn on geographic.org (English)