Mount Henderson (Holme Bay)
Mount Henderson is a massive mountain, 970 metres (3,180 ft) high, rising through the ice sheet 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Holme Bay and a like distance northeast of the north end of the Masson Range, Antarctica. It was first sighted from the crow's nest of the Discovery on 3 January 1930,[1] during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929-31) and again seen from the airplane on 5 January 1930.[1] The position was first plotted and the mountain named on 14 February 1931[1] by the BANZARE leader, Mawson, who named it after W. Henderson, Director of the Australian Department of External Affairs, and a member of the Australian Antarctic Committee.[2]
It is 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Mawson Station.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1461 Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Henderson, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
- ^ This week at Mawson: 3 February 2012, Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Henderson, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
67°42′S 63°4′E / 67.700°S 63.067°E
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