Mount Ward (Framnes Mountains)
| Mount Ward | ||
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| height | 976 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | North Masson Range in the Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 47 '18 " S , 62 ° 49' 5" E | |
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| First ascent | January 1956 by John Béchervaise and others | |
Mount Ward is a 976 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises 2 km southeast of Fearn Hill in the southern part of the North Masson Range of the Framnes Mountains .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered it in 1930. A team of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions led by the Australian polar explorer John Béchervaise (1910-1998) climbed it in January 1956 for the first time. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in September 1956 after John Livingstone Ward, who was a radio operator on Mawson Station in 1955.
Web links
- Mount Ward in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)