Mount Spivey
| Mount Spivey | ||
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| height | 2135 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Douglas Range | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 38 ′ 7 ″ S , 69 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Spivey is a 2135 m high and mainly icy mountain with a flattened summit on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . In the northern part of the Douglas Range it rises 15 km south of Mount Nicholas on the western flank of the Toynbee Glacier .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1937 during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) carried out measurements and naming in 1948. It is named after Robert Edward Spivey (1921-1994), who was involved in the 1949 FIDS dog sled excursion to George VI Sound .
Web links
- Mount Spivey in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Spivey on geographic.org (English)