Mount Rhamnus
| Mount Rhamnus | ||
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| height | 865 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 10 ′ 56 ″ S , 66 ° 49 ′ 39 ″ W | |
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Mount Rhamnus is a 865 m high mountain on the Fallières coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 km northeast of Mount Nemesis on the north bank of the Neny Fjord . When viewed from the west, it appears as a snow-covered pyramid.
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill in 1936 made the first measurements of the mountain . Further measurements are carried out in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , which named it after the name of the neighboring Mount Nemesis. It is named after Rhamnus , cult site of the goddess Nemesis from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Mount Rhamnus in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Rhamnus on geographic.org (English)