Mount Henderson (Holme Bay)

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Mount Henderson is a massive mountain, 970 metres (3,180 ft) high, rising through the ice sheet 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Holme Bay and a like distance northeast of the north end of the Masson Range, Antarctica. It was First sighted from the crow's nest of the Discovery on 3 January 1930,[1] during British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-31) and again seen from the airplane on 5 January 1930.[1] The position was first plotted and the mountain named by BANZARE on 14 February 1931[1] by the leader of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition - Mawson, who named it after in 1929 , Director of the Australian Department of External Affairs, and a member of the Australian Antarctic Committee.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1461
  2. ^ "Henderson, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Henderson, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) Coordinates: 67°42′S 63°4′E / 67.700°S 63.067°E / -67.700; 63.067


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