Mount Irving

Mount Irving
Mount Irving
Location in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Elevation 2,300 m (7,546 ft) [1][2]
Prominence 2,300 m (7,546 ft) [1]
Listing Ultra
Location
Location Clarence Island, Antarctica
Coordinates [1]

Mount Irving is a mountain rising to ca. 2,300 metres (7,546 ft)[1][3] that is the dominant elevation in the southern part of Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands. A prominent feature, the mountain doubtless was known to sealers in the area in the 1820s. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rear Admiral Sir Edmund George Irving, Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1960-66.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Antarctica Ultra-Pominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  2. ^ "Mount Irving, Antarctica" on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  3. ^ Mount Irving. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Irving" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).