Mount Newall
| Mount Newall | ||
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| height | 1920 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Newall is a 1930 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises on the northeastern foothills of the Asgard Range .
He was discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904). These named the mountain after the British astrophysicist Hugh Frank Newall (1857-1944) of the University of Cambridge , who helped raise funds for the provision of the ship Morning to rescue the expedition trapped in the vicinity of the base camp by the ice.
Web links
- Mount Newall in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Newall on geographic.org (English)