Mount Scherger
| Mount Scherger | ||
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| height | 1522 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Scherger is a 1522 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises immediately west of Mount McCauley in the southern part of the Prince Charles Mountains .
It was discovered in 1956 during an overflight as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Air Marshal Frederick Rudolph William Scherger (1904-1984), commander in chief of the Royal Australian Air Force between 1957 and 1961.
Web links
- Mount Scherger in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Scherger on geographic.org (English)