Table Mountain
| Table Mountain | ||
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Table Mountain ( English for table mountain ) is a large and over 2000 m high mountain with a flattened summit in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range it rises immediately south of the confluence of the Emmanuel Glacier in the Ferrar Glacier .
It was discovered and descriptively named by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- Table Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Table Mountain on geographic.org (English)