Mount McArthur
| Mount McArthur | ||
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| height | 1450 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Walton Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 9 '58 " S , 70 ° 20' 12" W | |
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At around 1450 m, Mount McArthur is the highest mountain in the Walton Mountains on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after Malcolm McArthur (* 1947), geophysicist of the British Antarctic Survey on Stonington Island from 1971 to 1973, who was also active in the north of Alexander I Island during this time.
Web links
- Mount McArthur in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McArthur on geographic.org (English)