The Pimple
| The Pimple | ||
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| height | 3215 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Pimple (English for The Pickel ) is a small, conical and 3215 m high mountain peak in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range , it looms halfway between Mount Lister and the Camels Hump .
Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered him and named him descriptively after his appearance.
Web links
- The Pimple in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Pimple on geographic.org (English)