Mount Moonie

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Mount Moonie
height 1686  m
location Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Prince Charles Mountains
Coordinates 70 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 65 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 70 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 65 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E
Mount Moonie (Antarctica)
Mount Moonie

Mount Moonie is a 1686  m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Athos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises immediately south of Mount Dart and 1.5 km west of Mount Cardell .

Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1965 were used for mapping purposes. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Patrick John Moonie (1936-2016), radio operator at Mawson station in 1967 and 1969, who in 1969 was also involved in surveying work in the Prince Charles Mountains.

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