Mount Suess
| Mount Suess | ||
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| height | 1190 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Gondola Ridge , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 2 '0 " S , 161 ° 42' 0" E | |
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Mount Suess is a 1190 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It towers over the southern section of Gondola Ridge near the south side of the Mackay Glacier .
Participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered him. It is named after the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess (1831–1914).
See also
Web links
- Mount Suess in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Suess on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Suess. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 294 (English)