Mount Nestor
| Mount Nestor | ||
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| height | 1250 m | |
| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Mountains | Achaean Range | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 24 '53 " S , 63 ° 26' 4" W | |
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Mount Nestor is a 1250 m (according to British data 1280 m ) high and snow-covered mountain on the Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the northern end of the Achaean Range . Its eastern flank is characterized by a tangle of crevasses and jagged rocky outcrops.
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a survey of the mountain in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after the Greek military leader Nestor from Homer's Iliad .
Web links
- Mount Nestor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Nestor on geographic.org (English)