Mount Shearer
| Mount Shearer | ||
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| height | 2100 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Shearer is a 2100 m high mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the center of the Bowers Mountains it rises 3 km northwest of Mount Jamroga .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1983 after the New Zealand politician Ian John Shearer (* 1941), New Zealand Minister for Science and Technology from 1980 to 1983.
Web links
- Mount Shearer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Shearer on geographic.org (English)