Mount Whewell
| Mount Whewell | ||
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| height | 2945 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Whewell is a massive and 2945 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Admiralty Mountains, it rises between the mouths of the Ironside and Honeycomb glaciers .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross named him after his sighting on January 15, 1841 after the British philosopher and science historian William Whewell (1794–1866).
Web links
- Mount Whewell in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Whewell on geographic.org (English)