Tyndall Mountains
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 15 ′ S , 67 ° 16 ′ W | |
The Tyndall Mountains are a mountain range on the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the center of the Arrowsmith Peninsula, they rise immediately south of the Avsyuk Glacier .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped them using surveys and aerial photographs from 1948 to 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them on September 23, 1960 after the Irish climber and surveyor John Tyndall (1820-1893), a pioneer of glaciology .
Web links
- Tyndall Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tyndall Mountains on geographic.org (English)