Mount Wyvern

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Mount Wyvern
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height 1074  m
location Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica )
Mountains Finlandia Foothills
Coordinates 69 ° 56 ′ 20 ″  S , 70 ° 7 ′ 29 ″  W Coordinates: 69 ° 56 ′ 20 ″  S , 70 ° 7 ′ 29 ″  W
Mount Wyvern (Antarctic Peninsula)
Mount Wyvern

Mount Wyvern is a 1074  m high mountain on Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Finlandia Foothills, it rises south of the Smaug Glacier .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018. It is named after Wyvern , a form of heraldic dragon .

Web links

  • Wyvern, Mount . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)