Mount Wild (Ross Dependency)
| Mount Wild | ||
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 Mt Wild in the southeast of the map sheet |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Wild is a mountain in Antarctica's Ross Dependency . It rises around 4 km west of Mount Augusta on the southwestern foothills of the Queen Alexandra chain .
The southern group of the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered him. It is named after Frank Wild (1873–1939), a participant in the expedition and member of the southern group, who was involved in a total of four research trips to the Antarctic.
See also
Web links
- Mount Wild in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wild on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Wild. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 325 (English)