Mount William (Antarctica)
| Mount William | ||
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 photographed by Frederick Cook on the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) |
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| height | 1515 m | |
| location | Anvers Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Dominance | 18.5 km → Mount Agamemnon | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 47 ′ 4 ″ S , 63 ° 40 ′ 7 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Mount William , a 1,515 m high, distinctive and snowy mountains on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6.5 km north-northeast of Cape Lancaster in the southeast of the island.
The English navigator John Biscoe discovered it on February 21, 1832. Biscoe named the mountain after the British monarch William IV (1765-1837).
Web links
- Mount William, Antarctica on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Mount William in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount William on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago (PDF; 2.28 MB), Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 139, accessed on June 27, 2016