Mount Christi

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Mount Christi is a mountain rising to 1,280 metres (4,200 ft) in the northern Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Saparevo Glacier to the north and Kongur Glacier to the west-northwest.

The name "Cape Christi" was given for the north cape of Smith Island by a British expedition under Henry Foster, 1828–31, but that feature had already been named Cape Smith. Since the latter name is approved for the cape, the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee recommended in 1953 that for the sake of historical continuity the name "Christi" be approved for the mountain now described.^[1]

Location

The peak is located at 62°54′33.4″S 62°24′01″W / 62.909278°S 62.40028°W / -62.909278; -62.40028 which is 4.74 km northeast of Mount Pisgah, 3.36 km south-southwest of Delyan Point and 3.22 km southwest of Matochina Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2009). The USGS gives the location as 62°55′S 62°24′W / 62.917°S 62.400°W / -62.917; -62.400Coordinates: 62°55′S 62°24′W / 62.917°S 62.400°W / -62.917; -62.400.^[1]

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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