Mount Pendragon
| Mount Pendragon | ||
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 Map of Elephant Island with Mount Pendragon |
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| height | 975 m | |
| location | Elephant Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 15 ′ 32 ″ S , 55 ° 13 ′ 46 ″ W | |
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At 975 m, Mount Pendragon is the highest mountain on Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 2.5 km northwest of Cape Lookout in the south of the island.
Participants in the UK Joint Services Expedition (1970–1971) mapped it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him on November 3, 1971 after Charles, Prince of Wales (* 1948), the patron of the expedition, who as the English heir to the throne bears the Welsh title Pendragon .
Web links
- Mount Pendragon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Pendragon on geographic.org (English)