geo.wikisort.org - MountainsMount Usborne (Spanish: Cerro Alberdi) is a mountain on East Falkland. At 705m above sea level, it is the highest point in the Falkland Islands. It is only five metres taller than Mount Adam, the highest peak on West Falkland.
The mountain is referenced by Charles Darwin in Chapter 9 of Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. It is named after Alexander Burns Usborne,[2] Master's Assistant on HMS Beagle, the ship that took Darwin on his famous voyage.
As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The remains of glacial cirques can be seen on the mountain. The handful of Falklands mountains over 600m 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" [3]
References
- Stonehouse, B (ed.) Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans (2002, ISBN 0-471-98665-8)
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[de] Mount Usborne
Der Mount Usborne (spanisch Cerro Alberdi) ist mit 708 Metern der höchste Berg der Falklandinseln und befindet sich auf der nördlichen Hälfte Ostfalklands nordöstlich von Darwin. Er weist auch im Sommer kleine Vergletscherungen auf.
- [en] Mount Usborne
[es] Cerro Alberdi
El cerro Alberdi (en inglés: Mount Usborne)[1][2] es una montaña en la Isla Soledad, en la cadena montañosa de las Alturas Rivadavia. A 705 msnm, es el punto más alto de las Islas Malvinas. Fue referenciado por Charles Darwin en el capítulo 9 de Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle.
[fr] Mont Usborne
Le mont Usborne (en espagnol : Cerro Alberdi) est une montagne des îles Malouines, le point culminant du territoire. Elle se situe à une altitude de 705 mètres sur l'île de la Malouine orientale.
[it] Monte Usborne
Il Monte Usborne (in inglese: Mount Usborne, in spagnolo: Cerro Alberdi) è una montagna dell'isola Falkland Orientale. Con i suoi 705 m s.l.m. è il monte più alto delle Falkland[1].
[ru] Асборн (гора)
Асборн (исп. Cerro Alberdi) — гора на острове Восточный Фолкленд. Высота 705 метров над уровнем моря. Является самой высокой точкой на Фолклендских островах.
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