Mount Robertson (Palmerland)
| Mount Robertson | ||
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| height | 1565 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 40 ′ 16 ″ S , 64 ° 15 ′ 41 ″ W | |
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Mount Robertson is a 1565 m (according to British data 1650 m ) high mountain on the Lassiter coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 30 km northwest of Mount Austin and the head end of Gardner Inlet .
Participants of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) discovered him. The expedition leader Finn Ronne named him after James B. Robertson (* 1915), aircraft mechanic on this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Robertson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Robertson on geographic.org (English)