Mount Matheson (Enderbyland)
| Mount Matheson | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Tula Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 50 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Matheson is a mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises between Mount Harvey and Mount Degerfeldt in the western part of the Tula Mountains .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by members of a team on the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956 and 1957. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the mountain after John Matheson (1893-1970), British crew member of the RSS Discovery on the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson .
Web links
- Mount Matheson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Matheson on geographic.org (English)