Mount Smith
| Mount Smith | ||
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| height | 1400 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
 1988 Convoy Range map sheet , Mount Smith and Mount Murray in the northeast corner |
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Mount Smith is a 1400 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises north of the Mawson Glacier and about 11 km north-northwest of Mount Murray .
The mountain was discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is probably named after the ship designer William Edward Smith (1850–1930), who was responsible for developing plans and supervising the construction of the RSS Discovery expedition ship .
Web links
- Mount Smith in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Smith on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1439 (English).