Sickle Mountain
| Sickle Mountain | ||
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| height | 1250 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 52 '42 " S , 66 ° 47' 6" W | |
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Sickle Mountain ( English for Sichelberg ) is a 1250 m high mountain on the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 22 km east of Cape Berteaux on the southern flank of the Clarke Glacier .
The American polar explorer Finn Ronne named it during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) because its shape is reminiscent of a sickle.
Web links
- Sickle Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sickle Mountain on geographic.org (English)