Mount Stephenson

Mount Stephenson
Mount Stephenson
Alexander Island, Antarctica
Elevation 2,987 m (9,800 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,987 m (9,800 ft) [1]
Listing Ultra
Location
Range Douglas Range
Coordinates [1]

Mount Stephenson a mountain in Antarctica. It is located in the Douglas Range, standing at the heads of Toynbee Glacier and Sedgwick Glacier 8 miles west of George VI Sound, on the east side of Alexander Island within the British Antarctic Territory. At 2,987 metres (9,800 ft) elevation, Mount Stephenson is the highest mountain in the Douglas Range and the highest point on Alexander Island.[2]

The mountain was probably first seen in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, but not recognized as part of the Douglas Range. It was first surveyed in 1936 by Stephenson, Fleming, and Bertram of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. The east side of the mountain was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the feature for Alfred Stephenson, surveyor and leader of the BGLE party to George VI Sound in 1936.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  2. ^ "Mount Stephenson, Antarctica" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.

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