Mount Ancla

Mount Ancla (

64°49′S 63°41′W / 64.817°S 63.683°W / -64.817; -63.683Coordinates: 64°49′S 63°41′W / 64.817°S 63.683°W / -64.817; -63.683) is a mountain, 815 m, which is snow-covered except for a rock ridge on its south side, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Cape Lancaster, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The mountain was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1944 and 1955. The name Monte Ancla ("anchor mountain") first appears on an Argentine government chart of 1950.

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• Land Surveying

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