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Mount Herschel

Coordinates: 72°12′S 169°31′E / 72.200°S 169.517°E / -72.200; 169.517
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Mount Herschel
View of Mount Herschel from Cape Hallett
Highest point
Elevation3,335 m (10,942 ft)[1]
Coordinates72°12′S 169°31′E / 72.200°S 169.517°E / -72.200; 169.517
Geography
Map
LocationVictoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAdmiralty Mountains
Climbing
First ascent1967 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Herschel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Sir Edmund Percival Hillary