Mount Speyer
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 Topographic map of the Worcester Range (bottom right) with Mount Speyer |
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| height | 2430 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Worcester Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Speyer is a 2430 m high mountain in the Worcester Range of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises up directly at the head of the Kehle Glacier .
Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered the mountain and named it after the American-British philanthropist Edgar Speyer (1862-1932) from the Speyer family , who was one of the financiers of Research trip belonged.
Web links
- Mount Speyer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Speyer on geographic.org (English)