Mount McArthur (Antarctica)

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Mount McArthur
Elevation 1,450 metres (4,760 ft)
Location
Location Alexander Island, Antarctica
Range Walton Mountains
Coordinates 71°11′S 70°20′W / 71.183°S 70.333°W / -71.183; -70.333Coordinates: 71°11′S 70°20′W / 71.183°S 70.333°W / -71.183; -70.333

Mount McArthur is, at about 1,450 metres (4,760 ft), the highest peak in the Walton Mountains of southern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Malcolm McArthur, a British Antarctic Survey geophysicist at Stonington Island, 1971–73, who worked in northern Alexander Island.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mount McArthur". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-02. 

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