Mount Stanley (Antarctica)
| Mount Stanley | ||
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| height | 3220 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Stanley is a 3220 m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises northeast of the area where the Wyckoff Glacier was formed, near the western end of the Grindley Plateau .
The southern group of the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered him. It is named after the nickname of John Stead Stanley Marshall (1877-1956), a brother of the chief expedition doctor Eric Marshall .
See also
Web links
- Mount Stanley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Stanley on geographic.org (English)