Mount Ellsworth is the highest peak in the Queen Maud Mountains, on the elongated massif between the Steagall and Amundsen Glaciers.
Mount Ellsworth | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,925 m (9,596 ft) |
Coordinates | 85°45′S 161°00′W |
Geography | |
Location | Antarctica |
Parent range | Queen Maud Mountains |
Discovered by Rear Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 28–29, 1929, and named by him for Lincoln Ellsworth, American Antarctic explorer.
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