Mount Henderson (Holme Bay)

Mount Henderson is a massive mountain, 970 metres (3,180 ft) high, rising through the ice sheet 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Holme Bay and a like distance northeast of the north end of the Masson Range, Antarctica. It was first sighted from the crow's nest of the Discovery on 3 January 1930,[1] during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929-31) and again seen from the airplane on 5 January 1930.[1] The position was first plotted and the mountain named on 14 February 1931[1] by the BANZARE leader, Mawson, who named it after W. Henderson, Director of the Australian Department of External Affairs, and a member of the Australian Antarctic Committee.[2]

It is 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Mawson Station.[3]

References
  1. Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1461 Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. "Henderson, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  3. This week at Mawson: 3 February 2012, Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Henderson, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 67°42′S 63°4′E


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.