Mount Tennant
| Mount Tennant | ||
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| height | 690 m | |
| location | Rongé Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 41 ′ 11 " S , 62 ° 41 ′ 42" W | |
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Mount Tennant is a 690 m high and striking mountain in the north of Rongé Island off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants of the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered him in 1898. The crew of HMS Snipe named him in January 1948 after Vice Admiral William George Tennant (1890-1963), then in command of the North American Royal Navy Fleet Association .
Web links
- Mount Tennant in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Tennant on geographic.org (English)