Mount Fairweather (Antarctica)

Coordinates: 85°4′S 166°32′W / 85.067°S 166.533°W / -85.067; -166.533

Mount Fairweather is a prominent mountain, 1,865 metres (6,120 ft) high, standing at the head of Somero Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) north-east of Mount Schevill, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was so named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963–64), which experienced a spell of unusually fine weather while in the vicinity of this peak.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fairweather, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

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