Pyramid Mountain (Viktorialand)
| Pyramid Mountain | ||
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 Pyramid Mtn in the southeast of the map sheet |
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| height | 2120 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Pyramid Mountain is a 2120 m high, pyramid-shaped mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It looms between the Turnabout Valley and Beacon Heights in the Quartermain Mountains .
The mountain is recorded for the first time in maps that were created in the course of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . However, it is almost certain that the mountain was already sighted during Scott's Discovery Expedition (1901-1904). There is a risk of confusion with Pyramid Mountain in the Churchill Mountains further south .
Web links
- Pyramid Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pyramid Mountain on geographic.org (English)