Mount Tethys
| Mount Tethys | ||
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| height | 1252 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | The Trident | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 10 ′ 7 ″ S , 37 ° 5 ′ 3 ″ W | |
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Mount Tethys is a 1252 m high mountain on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is the northernmost summit of The Trident ridge, southeast of the Murray Snowfield and Briggs Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2015 after the titan and sea goddess Tethys from Greek Greek mythology , and the other peaks of the ridge, Mount Poseidon and Mount Thalassa , are named after Greek deities.
Web links
- Mount Tethys . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)