Mount Tripp

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Mount Tripp (83°17′S, 166°53′E) is a massive, cone-shaped, ice-covered mountain, 2,980 m, standing between Hoffman and Hewitt Glaciers, 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Rhodes Peak in the Holland Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Leonard O.H. Tripp, of New Zealand, who gave assistance to this expedition and also to Shackleton's expedition of 1914-17.


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