Mount Dromedary (Antarctica)
mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
Mount Dromedary (78°19′S 163°02′E) is a hump-shaped mountain, over 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Mount Kempe in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. First mapped by the BrNAE, 1901–04, but named by the BrAE, 1910–13.
Named for the appearance of the mountain which resembles a dromedary's hump.
Location
Mount Dromedary is in the southeast of the Royal Society Range.
The Pyramid, the southeast tip of the range, is to the southeast.
The head of Renegar Glacier, a tributary of the Koettlitz Glacier, is to the south.
Mount Kempe is to the east, connected to Mount Dromedary by a ridge that runs along the south side of the Kempe Glacier.
Features to the north and east include Dismal Ridge, Glee Glacier, Roaring Valley, Lake Porkchop, Penny Lake, The Amphitheatre and Dromedary Glacier. In 1961, Dr. Bruno W. Wahl and a colleague Mr.
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