- Mount Irving
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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°WCoordinates: 61°17′S 54°08′W / 61.283°S 54.133°W 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.
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- ^ Mount Irving. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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