The catch
| The catch | ||
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| height | 3159 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Fang Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Fang (English for the fang ) is a striking and 3,159 m high mountain peak on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises as the highest point of the Fang Ridge on the massif of Mount Erebus .
The Australian geologist Frank Debenham gave it its descriptive name during surveys carried out in 1912 as part of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- The catch in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Fang on geographic.org (English)