- Mount Huxley (Antartica)
Mount Huxley (coord|77|51|S|162|52|E|) is a
mountain inAntarctica . It is 1,155 meters high and situated between the lowerCondit Glacier andDescent Glacier , marginal toFerrar Glacier , at the north end ofRoyal Society Range ,Victoria Land . Named in 1992 byAdvisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) afterLeonard Huxley , editor of Scott'sLast Expedition , two volumes, London, 1913;Volume I being the journals of CaptainR.F. Scott , RN;Volume II being the reports of journeys and scientific work undertaken byE.A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition. The work has long been acclaimed among narrative reports to come out of the heroic era.
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