Mount White (Antarctica)
| Mount White | ||
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| height | 3470 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Supporters Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount White is a 3470 m high and massive mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises as the highest point of the Supporters Range around 4 km north-northwest of Mount Henry Lucy .
The southern group of the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered him. He is supposedly named after a secretary of the expedition.
See also
Web links
- Mount White in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount White on geographic.org (English)
- Mount White. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 324 (English)