Mount Provender
| Mount Provender | ||
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| height | 900 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 22 '54 " S , 29 ° 57' 48" W | |
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Mount Provender ( English , freely translated for feed mountain ) is a striking, rocky mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . At a height of 900 m, it marks the northwestern extension of the Shackleton Range .
Participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) led by British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs mapped it. It was named after a supply store with food and fuel as well as a camp on the south side of the mountain for the sled teams of the expedition, who had carried out surveying work in this part of the Shackleton Range.
Web links
- Mount Provender in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Provender on geographic.org (English)