Harmsworth, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Harmsworth (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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The northernmost peak in the Worcester Range, 2747m high, lying northwest of Moore Bay, on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf.
Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04, which named this peak for Sir Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, a generous contributor to the expedition. This peak was ascended in 1957 by three members of the New Zealand Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58. They were Arnold Heine, Guyon Warren and Bernard Gunn. This was the first ascent of a major peak in Victoria Land.
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