Mount Larsen (Victoria Land)

Mount Larsen (74°51′S 162°12′E / 74.85°S 162.2°E / -74.85; 162.2) is a mountain, 1,560 m, presenting sheer granite cliffs on the north side standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Hansen Nunatak at the south side of the mouth of Reeves Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) under Scott, who named it for Captain C.A. Larsen, noted Norwegian Antarctic explorer whose explorations along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula in the Jason, 1892–93, marked the beginning of commercial whaling operations in the Antarctic. Larsen led numerous whaling expeditions until his death in December 1925 while directing operations in the Ross Sea.

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