Mount Baxter (Antarctica)

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Mount Baxter
Highest point
Elevation2,430 m (7,970 ft)[1]
Coordinates74°22′S 162°32′E / 74.367°S 162.533°E / -74.367; 162.533Coordinates: 74°22′S 162°32′E / 74.367°S 162.533°E / -74.367; 162.533
Geography
LocationVictoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeEisenhower Range

Mount Baxter is a large buttress-type mountain, located just south of O'Kane Canyon where it forms a rounded projection of the east escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.[2]

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Scott, who named it for Sir George and Lady Baxter of Dundee, supporters of the expedition.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Mount Baxter Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Baxter
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