Mount Bellingshausen
mountain in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica
Mount Bellingshausen (75°7′S 162°6′E) is a conspicuous cone-shaped mountain, 1,380 metres (4,530 ft) high, standing 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Mount Priestley between Larsen Glacier and David Glacier, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Mount Bellingshausen was discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901–04, led by Robert Falcon Scott, and named by him after Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen, leader of the Russian expedition of 1819–21.
Location
Mount Bellinghausen is south of the Larsen Glacier and north of the David Glacier, near the mouths of both glaciers on the Ross Sea.
Nearby features include Fleming Head, Cape Philippi, Mount Neumayer and the D'Urville Wall on the coast, Mount Crummer on the east side of the Larsen Glacier, Mount Stierer and Mount Gaberlein to the north, Mount Fearon and Evans Heights to the west and Mount Priestley (Antarctica)|Mount Priestley to the southwest.
Features
Mount Neumayer
75°16′S 162°17′E.
A mountain 720 metres (2,360 ft) high surmounting D'Urville Wall on the north side of the terminus of David Glacier.
Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901-04, under Scott, who named this feature for Georg von Neumayer, German geophysicist, who was active in organizing Antarctic exploration.
Mount Crummer
75°03′S 162°34′E.
A massive, brown granite mountain, 895 metres (2,936 ft) high, immediately south of Backstairs Passage Glacier.
First charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 (BrAE), under Ernest Shackleton.
Mount Stierer
75°06′S 162°09′E.
A mountain 1,080 metres (3,540 ft) high rising 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) north-northeast of Mount Bellingshausen.
Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1957-62.
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