Name details

Mount Harmsworth

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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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113479

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The northernmost peak in the Worcester Range, 2747m high, lying northwest of Moore Bay, on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf.

Named For

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.

Location

Latitude:
78° 40' 54.4" S
-78.68178°
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Longitude:
160° 55' 42.3" E
160.92843°
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Altitude:
2747 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 19_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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