- Mount Matin
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Location of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
Mount Matin (65°8′S 63°40′W / 65.133°S 63.667°W) is a massive mainly snow-covered mountain which surmounts the mountainous divide north of Hotine Glacier on Kiev Peninsula, on the west side of Graham Land. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, led by J.B. Charcot, who named it after the newspaper Le Matin which contributed generously to the cost of the expedition.
Mt Matin was climbed and descended on ski on December 5, 2010 via the south-west ridge by Phil Wickens, Derek Buckle, Mike Fletcher, Dave Wynne-Jones and Richmond MacIntyre of the 2010 Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, who found the summit to be 2415m.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Matin" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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