Mount McClintock
| Mount McClintock | ||
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 Mount McClintock to the northeast of the map sheet |
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| height | 3490 m | |
| location | Australian Antarctic Territory | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mount McClintock is with a height of 3490 meters the highest mountain in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises at the southern end of the Forbes Ridge and 10 km east of Mount Olympus .
Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) named him after the British Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), member of the committee for equipping the expedition ship. McClintock also helped clarify the fate of the missing Franklin expedition to search for the Northwest Passage , which cost everyone their lives.
Web links
- Mount McClintock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McClintock on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mount McClintock on peakbagger.com (accessed September 14, 2013).