- Mount Kirkby
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Mount Kirkby is a very large, prominent, linear, flat-topped mountain on the northern face of the Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. Situated about 3 mi E of Crohn Massif, it is approximately 9 km long east-west and 4 km wide at the western end, tapering to the east. It rises to 2,438 m (460 m above the plateau). First visited by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December 1956. Named by ANCA for Sydney L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson Station in 1956 and 1960.
See also
- East Antarctica Ranges
- East Antarctic two-thousanders
- List of East Antarctic two-thousanders
References
"Mount Kirkby". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:7988. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
External links
- Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
- Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
- United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
- Mawson Station
Coordinates: 70°26′S 65°12′E / 70.433°S 65.2°E This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Kirkby" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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