Mount Minto
| Mount Minto | ||
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| height | 4165 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Dominance | 1245 km → Mount Markham | |
| Notch height | 2616 m | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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 Mt. Minto with altitude indication 4163 in the southwest area of the map sheet |
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The Mount Minto is a largely ice-free mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Southwest of Robertson Bay, it rises 4 km east of Mount Adam in the central part of the Admiralty Mountains and is the highest mountain in this mountain range at 4165 m .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered him on January 11, 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839-1843). Ross named the mountain after Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto (1782-1859), First Lord of the Admiralty from 1835 to 1841.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mount Minto on Peakbagger.com (English)