Mount Elliot (Antarctica)

Mount Elliot (70°53′S 166°32′E / 70.883°S 166.533°E / -70.883; 166.533Coordinates: 70°53′S 166°32′E / 70.883°S 166.533°E / -70.883; 166.533) is a mountain 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) high rising between Kirkby Glacier and O'Hara Glacier, about 5 nautical miles (10 km) south of Yule Bay, in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land. A mountain in this approximate position was sighted by Captain James C. Ross of the Royal Navy in February 1841, who named it for Rear Admiral George Elliot, Commander-in-Chief in the Cape of Good Hope Station.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Elliot, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

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