Mount Trident (Antarctica)
| Mount Trident | ||
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| height | 2480 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Trident (English for Trident Mountain is) a 2480 m high mountain near the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises above the Trigon Bluff on the north flank of the Tucker Glacier .
Scientists in a campaign from 1957 to 1958 for the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after its three closely spaced peaks .
Web links
- Mount Trident in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Trident on geographic.org (English)