Mount Morrison (Enderbyland)
| Mount Morrison | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Tula Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 51 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Morrison is a mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 2.45 km northeast of Mount Best in the Tula Mountains .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by members of a team on the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the mountain after Murde Campbell Morrison, crew member of the RSS Discovery at the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson .
Web links
- Mount Morrison in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Morrison on geographic.org (English)