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Mount Irving is a mountain rising to ca. 1,950 metres (6,398 ft)[1][2] that is the dominant elevation on Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands. (Some older sources used to give the elevation as 2,300 metres (7,546 ft).[3][4]) The rounded, heavily glaciated mountain is situated in Urda Ridge occupying the southern part of the island. A prominent feature, the mountain doubtless was known to sealers in the area in the 1820s. It was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rear Admiral Sir Edmund George Irving, Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1960–66. First ascent by a team comprising Capt. Crispin Agnew, John Hult and George Bruce of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island on 6 December 1970.[1][5]

Mount Irving
Mount Irving
Location in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation1,950 m (6,400 ft)[1][2]
Prominence1,950 m (6,400 ft)
ListingUltra
Coordinates61°15′49.5″S 54°08′31″W[1]
Geography
LocationClarence Island, Antarctica
Clarence Island seen from northeast with Mount Irving on the left.
Clarence Island seen from northeast with Mount Irving on the left.

See also



Notes


  1. Mount Irving. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
  2. South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
  3. "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  4. "Mount Irving, Antarctica" on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  5. Agnew of Lochnaw yr, C.H. (1972). "Elephant Island" (PDF). Alpine Journal. 1972: 204–210.

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


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Mount Irving, früher Mount Bowles nach dem nahegelegenen Kap Bowles[1] ist mit 1950 m[2] oder 1924 m[3] Höhe über dem Meer der höchste Berg im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln in der Antarktis. Er liegt im südlichen Teil der Clarence Island, einer Insel im äußersten Nordosten der Inselgruppe. Benannt ist die Erhebung nach Edmund George Irving (1910–1990), einem Hydrographen der Royal Navy.
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