Portal Mountain

Portal Mountain

Eastern side of Portal Mountain, looking south towards the Angino Buttress; midnight
Elevation 2,555 m (8,383 ft) [1]
Location
Location Oates Land, Antarctica
Range Worcester Range

Portal Mountain is a large mountain in Antarctica. The mountain has a broad ice-capped summit, and stands south of the Lashly Mountains, on the south side of the main stream of the Skelton Glacier where it leaves the polar plateau.[2]

The mountain was discovered by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE, 1956–58),[3][4] who named it because of its association with The Portal.

References

  1. ^ "Portal Mountain, Antarctica". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=12216. Retrieved 2008-12-14. 
  2. ^ "Portal Mountain". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:11961. Retrieved 2009-11-29. 
  3. ^ Antarctica, by A.S. Helm and J.H. Miller. The story of the New Zealand Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 1964. R.E. Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand.
  4. ^ "New Zealand and the Antarctic" by L.B. Quatermain. 1971. A. R. Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand.