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mount+mcarthur+antarctica Latitude and Longitude:

71°11′S 70°20′W / 71.183°S 70.333°W / -71.183; -70.333
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Mount McArthur
Mount McArthur is located in Antarctica
Mount McArthur
Mount McArthur
Highest point
Elevation1,450 metres (4,760 ft)
Coordinates 71°11′S 70°20′W / 71.183°S 70.333°W / -71.183; -70.333
Geography
Location Alexander Island, Antarctica
Parent range Walton Mountains

Mount McArthur is, at about 1,450 metres (4,760 ft), the highest peak in the Walton Mountains of southern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Malcolm McArthur, a British Antarctic Survey geophysicist at Stonington Island, 1971–73, who worked in northern Alexander Island. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mount McArthur". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount McArthur". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.



mount+mcarthur+antarctica Latitude and Longitude:

71°11′S 70°20′W / 71.183°S 70.333°W / -71.183; -70.333
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mount McArthur
Mount McArthur is located in Antarctica
Mount McArthur
Mount McArthur
Highest point
Elevation1,450 metres (4,760 ft)
Coordinates 71°11′S 70°20′W / 71.183°S 70.333°W / -71.183; -70.333
Geography
Location Alexander Island, Antarctica
Parent range Walton Mountains

Mount McArthur is, at about 1,450 metres (4,760 ft), the highest peak in the Walton Mountains of southern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Malcolm McArthur, a British Antarctic Survey geophysicist at Stonington Island, 1971–73, who worked in northern Alexander Island. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mount McArthur". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount McArthur". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.



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