Mount Harrington

Mount Harrington
Mount Harrington Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	2,610 m (8,560 ft)
Coordinates	72°45′S 168°57′E / 72.750°S 168.950°E / -72.750; 168.950Coordinates: 72°45′S 168°57′E / 72.750°S 168.950°E / -72.750; 168.950
Geography
Location	Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Victory Mountains, Whitehall Glacier

Mount Harrington is one of the highest peaks in the east end of the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica, rising to 2,610 metres (8,560 ft) on the west side of Whitehall Glacier and 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Mount Northampton. It was named in 1960 by The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee after geologist , who led the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) to this region, 1957–58, and also led the NZGSAE in the McMurdo Sound region, 1958–59. Later, he was a United States Antarctic Research Program investigator (with ) in the McMurdo Sound region, 1968–69.^[1]

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

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