Mount Herschel
Appearance
Mount Herschel | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,335 m (10,942 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 72°12′S 169°31′E / 72.200°S 169.517°E |
Geography | |
Location | Victoria Land, Antarctica |
Parent range | Admiralty Mountains |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1967 by Sir Edmund Hillary and party[2] |
Mount Herschel is a conspicuous peak standing 2.6 km (1.6 mi) northeast of Mount Peacock and overlooking the terminus of Ironside Glacier from the south, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.[1]
The peak was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, who named this feature for Sir John F.W. Herschel, noted English astronomer.[1]
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