Mount Turner

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Mount Turner
location Enderbyland , East Antarctica
Mountains Dismal Mountains
Coordinates 68 ° 4 ′ 1 ″  S , 55 ° 28 ′ 59 ″  E Coordinates: 68 ° 4 ′ 1 ″  S , 55 ° 28 ′ 59 ″  E
Mount Turner (Antarctica)
Mount Turner
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Mount Turner is a prominent mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 10 km southwest of Cyclops Peak in the Dismal Mountains .

Aerial photographs taken as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1959 were used for mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it on August 27, 1975 after Albert John Turner (* 1926), technical plant manager at Mawson Station in 1974.

Web links

  • Mount Turner in the database of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)