geo.wikisort.org - MountainsMount Adam (Spanish: "Monte Independencia/Monte Beaufort") is a mountain on West Falkland, part of the Hill Cove Mountains range. It is the highest mountain on West Falkland and is the second highest in the islands.[2] It has the remains of glacial cirques on it, and is of similar height to Mount Usborne on East Falkland. Its summit is at 2,300 feet (700 m).[3] It is south west of Mount Edgeworth. The closest settlements are Hill Cove to the North, and Chartres to the South.
As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The handful of mountains over 2,000 feet (610 m) have:
- "pronounced corries with small glacial lakes at their bases, morainic ridges deposited below the corries suggest that the glaciers and ice domes were confined to areas of maximum elevation with other parts of the islands experiencing a periglacial climate"[4]
References
- Stonehouse, B (ed.) Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans (2002, ISBN 0-471-98665-8)
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- 1770 Falklands crisis
- 1833 British Reassertion
- Hope Place
- Port Egmont
- Puerto Soledad
- 1982 invasion
- Falklands War
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- Falkland Islands Defence Force
- Mare Harbour
- RAF Mount Pleasant
- RRH Mount Kent
- RRH Byron Heights
- RRH Mount Alice
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- Chief Executive
- Constitution
- Falkland Islands pound (currency)
- Government House
- Governor
- Legislative Assembly
- Representative Office, London
- Sovereignty dispute
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Economy |
- Falkland Islands Company
- Falkland Islands Development Corporation
- Falkland Islands General Employees Union
- Falkland Landholdings Corporation
- Falklands Oil and Gas
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- Education
- Falkland Islands Community School(*)
- Falkland Islanders
- Falklands Conservation
- Human rights
- Languages
- Telecommunications
- Transport
- Law Enforcement
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- Anglican parish
- Coat of arms
- Flag
- Motto
- Religion
- Christ Church Cathedral
- Roman Catholicism
- Scouting and Guiding
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Sport |
- Commonwealth Games
- Cricket team
- Football team
- Rifle Association
- Rugby union
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(*) Sixth-formers attend Peter Symonds College in England and national diploma/NVQ students attend Chichester College in England |
На других языках
[de] Mount Adam (Falklandinseln)
Mount Adam (spanisch Monte Independencia) ist ein Berg in den Hornby Mountains und mit rund 700 Metern Höhe die zweithöchste Erhebung der Falklandinseln und die höchste Westfalklands.
Er ist Teil der Gebirgskette Hill Cove Mountains. Auf ihm befinden sich Überreste eines Gletschers[1].
- [en] Mount Adam (Falkland Islands)
[es] Monte Independencia
El monte Adam (en idioma inglés: Mount Adam) o monte Independencia (de acuerdo a la toponimia de la Argentina), también denominado monte Beaufort, es una cumbre montañosa de las islas Malvinas que se eleva a 700 metros sobre el nivel del mar, en el sector noroccidental de la isla Gran Malvina, siendo parte de las colinas de cerro Cove.[1] El nombre «Independencia» fue el anterior nombre del monte Robinson, por lo tanto suelen ocurrir confusiones.[2]
[it] Monte Adam (Falkland)
Il Monte Adam (in inglese Mount Adam, in spagnolo Monte Independencia o Monte Beaufort) è una montagna dell'isola Falkland Occidentale. Con i suoi 698 m s.l.m. è il monte più alto dell’isola[1].
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