Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Terra Nova, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Terra Nova (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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A mountain on the long ridge between Mount Erebus and Mount Terror on Ross Island. It is snow-covered except for its peak which rises to approximately 2095m. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME14
The island was first explored by the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04, under Scott, who named this peak for the Terra Nova, one of the relief ships for this expedition, and also the expedition ship for the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13.
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