Mount Robertson (Viktorialand)
| Mount Robertson | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Robertson is a 1,600 m high ice dome on the Borchgrevink coast of East Antarctica, Victoria . It rises south of Quarterdeck Ridge on Cape Wheatstone , the southeastern end of the Hallett Peninsula . From here there are impressive views of the Admiralty Mountains , the Victory Mountains and the Tucker Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him after the geophysicist Edward I. Robertson, chairman of the New Zealand Committee for the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) and initiator of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition .
Web links
- Mount Robertson in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)