Mount New Zealand
| Mount New Zealand | ||
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| height | 2890 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Eisenhower Range | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Hochtour glaciated | |
Mount New Zealand is a massive and 2890 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Eisenhower Range it rises immediately northwest of the Nash Ridge on the southern flank of the Priestley Glacier .
Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered him. Scott named him in gratitude for the generous support the expedition received from the government and people of New Zealand .
Web links
- Mount New Zealand in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount New Zealand on geographic.org (English)