Mount Pivot
| Mount Pivot | ||
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| height | 1095 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 30 ° 14 ′ 20 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Pivot is a 1095 m high and distinctive mountain with a steep rocky slope on the west flank in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the western part of the Shackleton Range, it rises between Mount Haslop and Turnpike Bluff .
Participants of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs mapped it in 1957. They named him that because of the mountain on the expedition one pivot ( English pivot ) of southwestern aircraft and sledge teams at the circumnavigation The end of the Shackleton Range was.
Web links
- Mount Pivot in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Pivot on geographic.org (English)