Mount Shadbolt
| Mount Shadbolt | ||
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| height | 2270 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Shadbolt is a 2270 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the highest peak in the northern part of the Convoy Range and towers on the north side of the head end of the Towle Valley .
Scientists from a 1976 to 1977 campaign of the New Zealand Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named it after the New Zealand writer Maurice Shadbolt (1932-2004).
Web links
- Mount Shadbolt in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Shadbolt on geographic.org (English)