Mount Plummer (Palmerland)
Mount Plummer | ||
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height | 1474 m | |
location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
Coordinates | 73 ° 17 '36 " S , 63 ° 11' 23" W | |
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Mount Plummer is a 1474 m high Nunatak in the Palmerlands on the Antarctic Peninsula, which is distinctive due to its steep-sided summit ridge . It rises 8 km west-northwest of Mount Heer .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2017. It is named after the US geologist Charles C. Plummer from the United States Geological Survey , who worked in Palmerland from 1969 to 1970.
Web links
- Plummer, Mount . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)