Mount Northampton
| Mount Northampton | ||
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| height | 2465 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Northampton is a 2465 m high mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains, it rises from the center of the ridge immediately east of the Bowers Glacier .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered him in January 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839-1843). Ross named him after Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton (1790-1851), then President of the Royal Society .
Web links
- Mount Northampton in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Northampton on geographic.org (English)