Melania, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Melania (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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A prominent rounded hill at the north of Melania Ridge, and east of Mount Ewart, near the north end of Black Island, Ross Archipelago.
It was first climbed by Ferrar of the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04, accompanied by Bernacchi. Ferrar examined the rocks and recorded the height as 274m. The name is a Greek word for Black, an appropriate name for a feature on Black Island. Named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59.
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