Mount Hurley

Mount Hurley

Mount Hurley (66°17′S 51°21′E / 66.283°S 51.35°E / -66.283; 51.35) is a snow-covered massif with steep bare slopes on the west side, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Cape Ann and 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Biscoe. Discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31, under Mawson, who named it for Captain James Francis (Frank) Hurley, photographer with the expedition. Hurley also served with the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14, and a British expedition under Shackleton, 1914-17.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Hurley" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).