Mount Seddon
| Mount Seddon | ||
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| height | 581 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 65 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Seddon is a 581 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises 30 km west of Mount Stinear on the northern flank of the Fisher Glacier . Its two peaks are separated from each other by an icy saddle .
Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) discovered it on a flight in 1957. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Norman Richard Seddon (1911-1989), from 1957 managing director of the mineral oil company BP Australia , which supported the ANARE financially.
Web links
- Mount Seddon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Seddon on geographic.org (English)