Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Henderson, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Henderson (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A mountain about 11 km north-east of the northern part of the Masson Range, in Mac.Robertson Land. First sighted from the crow's nest of the Discovery on 3 January, 1930, during BANZARE (1929-31) and again seen from the aeroplane on 5 January, 1930. The position was plotted and the mountain named by BANZARE on about 14 February, 1931. Named after Dr. W. Henderson, Director of the Australian Department of External Affairs, a member of the Australian Antarctic Committee, 1929.
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