Mount Irving

Mount Irving
Mount Irving
Elevation 1,950 m (6,398 ft)
Prominence 1,950 m (6,398 ft)
Listing Ultra
Location
Location Clarence Island, Antarctica
Coordinates 61°17′S 54°08′W / 61.283°S 54.133°W / -61.283; -54.133Coordinates: 61°17′S 54°08′W / 61.283°S 54.133°W / -61.283; -54.133

Mount Irving is a mountain rising to ca. 1,950 metres (6,398 ft)[1] that is the dominant elevation in the southern part of Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands. A prominent feature, the mountain doubtless was known to sealers in the area in the 1820s. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rear Admiral Sir Edmund George Irving, Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1960-66.

Notes

  1. ^ Mount Irving. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Irving" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).