Mount Midnight
| Mount Midnight | ||
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| First ascent | NZGSAE , January 1958 | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Midnight is a 2000 m high mountain in the Admiralty Mountains in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises on the north flank of the Tucker Glacier about 5.5 km west of Shadow Bluff .
The first ascent was made in January 1958 by participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958), who named it after the naming of Mount Shadow and Shadow Bluff to the east .
Web links
- Mount Midnight in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Midnight on geographic.org (English)