Mount Susini
| Mount Susini | ||
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| height | 370 m | |
| location | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 43 '59 " S , 44 ° 48' 58" W | |
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Mount Susini (in Argentina Monte Susini ) is a 370 m high mountain on Laurie Island in the archipelago of the Southern Orkney Islands . It rises at the northwest end of the Mackenzie Peninsula .
Scientists on an Argentine Antarctic expedition (1956–1957) named him after Telémaco Susini (1856–1936), pathologist and anatomist at the Universidad de Buenos Aires . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1980.
Web links
- Mount Susini in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Susini on geographic.org (English)