Mount Ida (Antarctica)

Mount Ida (Antarctica)

Mount Ida (coord|83|35|S|170|29|E|display=inline,title) is a conspicuous bare rock mountain, 1,565 m, standing 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Granite Pillars, just southeast of the head of King Glacier in Queen Alexandra Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09), and named for Ida Jane Rule of Christchurch, New Zealand, who later married Edward Saunders, Secretary to Shackleton, who assisted in preparing the narrative of the expedition.


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