Mount Worsley
| Mount Worsley | ||
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| height | 1104 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 11 '11 " S , 37 ° 8' 49" W | |
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Mount Worsley is a 1104 m high mountain on the island of South Georgia . It rises up on the western flank of the Briggs Glacier .
The South Georgia Survey surveyed the mountain during its 1951-1957 campaign . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the New Zealand captain and polar explorer Frank Worsley (1872-1943), participant and skipper in the endurance expedition (1914-1917) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Mount Worsley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Worsley on geographic.org (English)