Mount Rogers (Coatsland)
| Mount Rogers | ||
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| height | 995 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 32 '30 " S , 29 ° 20' 42" W | |
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Mount Rogers is a 995 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the western part of the Shackleton Range it rises between Williams Ridge and Wedge Ridge on the eastern flank of the Blaiklock Glacier .
Participants of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of the British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs mapped him in 1957. They named him after the British doctor Allan Frederick Rogers (1918-1990), who was part of the team who took part in this expedition Successful crossing of the Antarctic continent.
Web links
- Mount Rogers in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Rogers on geographic.org (English)