Mount McCauley
| Mount McCauley | ||
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| height | 1350 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount McCauley is a prominent and 1350 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises up between Mount Scherger and Mount Dummett on the northern flank of Fisher Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains .
It was discovered in 1956 during an overflight as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . Participants in this series of expeditions paid a visit to the mountain in 1960. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Air Marshal John Patrick Joseph McCauley (1899-1989), commander in chief of the Royal Australian Air Force between 1954 and 1957.
Web links
- Mount McCauley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McCauley on geographic.org (English)