Mount Metcalfe
| Mount Metcalfe | ||
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| height | 1505 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 58 ′ 34 " S , 66 ° 56 ′ 30" W | |
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Mount Metcalfe is an approximately 1505 m high mountain on the Fallières coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 2.5 km south of Mount Wilcox on the south side of the head end of the McMorrin Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 after Robert John Metcalfe (1938-1998), geodesist of the British Antarctic Survey on Stonington Island from 1960 to 1962, who was involved in the 1962 survey of this area.
Web links
- Mount Metcalfe in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Metcalfe on geographic.org (English)