Mount Christi
Mount Christi is a mountain rising to 1,280 metres (4,200 ft) in the northern Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Kongur Glacier to the west-northwest, Saparevo Glacier to the north and Ritya Glacier to the southeast.
The name "Cape Christi" was given for the north cape of Smith Island by a British expedition under Henry Foster, 1828–31, but that feature had already been named Cape Smith. Since the latter name is approved for the cape, the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee recommended in 1953 that for the sake of historical continuity the name "Christi" be approved for the mountain now described.[1]
Location
The peak is located at 62°54′33.4″S 62°24′01″W / 62.909278°S 62.40028°W which is 4.74 km northeast of Mount Pisgah, 3.36 km south-southwest of Delyan Point and 3.22 km southwest of Matochina Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2009). The USGS gives the location as 62°55′S 62°24′W / 62.917°S 62.400°W.[1]
Map
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
- ^ a b "Mount Christi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Christi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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