Mount Maria is a mountain of the Hornby Mountains, adjacent to Port Howard, on West Falkland island (Falkland Islands). It reaches a height of approximately 2,160 feet (660 m).

Mount Maria
Mount Maria West Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean
Highest point
Elevation	2,160 ft (660 m)
Coordinates	51.600°S 59.594°W / -51.600; -59.594
Geography
Location	West Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean
Parent range	Hornby Mountains

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, [and] 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.[1]

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