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Mount Dalmeny

Coordinates: 71°7′S 166°55′E / 71.117°S 166.917°E / -71.117; 166.917
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Mount Dalmeny
Highest point
Elevation1,610 m (5,280 ft)
Coordinates71°7′S 166°55′E / 71.117°S 166.917°E / -71.117; 166.917
Geography
LocationPennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAnare Mountains

Mount Dalmeny (71°7′S 166°55′E / 71.117°S 166.917°E / -71.117; 166.917) is a peak 1,610 metres (5,280 ft) high, 6 nautical miles (11 km) east-southeast of Drabek Peak and 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Redmond Bluff in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny, then a junior lord of the Admiralty. The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Dalmeny, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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