Mount Baxter (Antarctica)

Mount Baxter
Elevation	2,430 m (7,972 ft)
Location
Location	Victoria Land, Antarctica
Range	Eisenhower Range
Coordinates	74°22′S 162°32′E / 74.367°S 162.533°E / -74.367; 162.533Coordinates: 74°22′S 162°32′E / 74.367°S 162.533°E / -74.367; 162.533

Mount Baxter is a large buttress-type mountain, located just south of O'Kane Canyon where it forms a rounded projection of the east escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land.

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Scott, who named it for Sir George and Lady Baxter of Dundee, supporters of the expedition.

References

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Baxter

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