The Ark (Antarctica)
| The Ark | ||
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| height | 1790 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Read Mountains , Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 41 ′ 29 ″ S , 24 ° 47 ′ 19 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Ark (English for The Ark ) is a 1790 m high, rocky mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It rises in the central Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range .
A first mapping was made in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named it in 1962. Seen from the west, the shape of the mountain resembles an ark.
Web links
- The Ark in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Ark on geographic.org (English)