Mount Smethurst

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Mount Smethurst
location Enderbyland , East Antarctica
Coordinates 66 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  S , 52 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 66 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  S , 52 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E
Mount Smethurst (Antarctica)
Mount Smethurst
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Mount Smethurst is a prominent mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 5 km northwest of Mount Torckler and 47 km southwest of Stor Hånakken .

It was mapped using aerial photographs taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Neville Robert Smethurst (* 1935), head of the Wilkes station in 1961.

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