Mount Perseus (South Sandwich Islands)
Mount Andromeda | ||
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height | 455 m | |
location | Candlemas Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
Coordinates | 57 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 26 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Type | Ice Dome |
Mount Perseus is a 455 m high mountain on Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands archipelago . It is the lower and more northerly of two ice domes on the island; the other is Mount Andromeda .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after Perseus , a figure from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Mount Perseus in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Perseus on geographic.org (English)