Mount Troubridge
| Mount Troubridge | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Anare Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Troubridge is a 1000 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises from the eastern end of Hedgpeth Heights in the Anare Mountains .
The mountain was discovered and roughly mapped in January 1841 during the British Antarctic Expedition (1839–1843) led by James Clark Ross . Ross named him after Rear Admiral Edward Thomas Troubridge (1787-1852) of the Royal Navy , then Junior Lord of the Admiralty .
Web links
- Mount Troubridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Troubridge on geographic.org (English)