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Mount Faraway is a prominent, snow-covered mountain, 1,175 metres (3,850 ft) high, marking the southern extremity of the Theron Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956, and so named because during days of sledging toward this mountain they never seemed to be any nearer to it.[1]

Important Bird Area

Mount Faraway is part of the 665 ha Coalseam Cliffs and Mount Faraway Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of about 10,000 breeding pairs of Antarctic petrels. The birds nest in a scree-filled hollow between two 60 m high dolerite cliffs, a location also known as Stewart Buttress. Other birds recorded as breeding in the vicinity include snow petrels and south polar skuas.[2]

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

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[de] Mount Faraway

Mount Faraway (von englisch faraway ‚weit weg‘) ist ein etwa 1175 m hoher, markanter und verschneiter Berg im ostantarktischen Coatsland. Er markiert den südlichen Ausläufer der Theron Mountains im Transantarktischen Gebirge.

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