Mount Herschel

Mount Herschel
View of Mount Herschel from Cape Hallett
Elevation	3,335 m (10,942 ft) [1]
Location
Location	Victoria Land, Antarctica
Range	Admiralty Mountains
Coordinates	72°12′S 169°31′E / 72.2°S 169.517°E / -72.2; 169.517Coordinates: 72°12′S 169°31′E / 72.2°S 169.517°E / -72.2; 169.517
Climbing
First ascent	1967 by Sir Edmund Hillary and party[2]

Mount Herschel is a conspicuous peak standing 2.6 km (1.6 mi) northeast of Mount Peacock and overlooking the terminus of Ironside Glacier from the south, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.^[1]

The peak was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, who named this feature for Sir John F.W. Herschel, noted English astronomer.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Mount Herschel". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6717. 
2. ^ Sir Edmund Percival Hillary

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