Mount Shirshov
| Mount Shirshov | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Tula Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 51 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Shirshov ( Russian Гора Ширшова Gora Schirschowa ) is a small mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 3 miles northeast of Mount Selwood in the Tula Mountains .
Geologists from the Soviet Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1961 to 1962, visited the mountain and named it after the Soviet polar explorer Pyotr Schirschow (1905-1953). The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) translated the name into English on October 22, 1968.
Web links
- Mount Shirshov in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Shirshov on geographic.org (English)