Mount Herschel

Mount Herschel
View of Mount Herschel from Cape Hallett
Highest point
Elevation	3,335 m (10,942 ft)[1]
Prominence	624 m (2,047 ft)
Coordinates	72°12′S 169°31′E / 72.200°S 169.517°E / -72.200; 169.517Coordinates: 72°12′S 169°31′E / 72.200°S 169.517°E / -72.200; 169.517
Geography
Mount Herschel Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Admiralty Mountains
Climbing
First ascent	1967 by Sir Edmund Hillary and party[2]

Mount Herschel is a conspicuous peak standing 2.6 km (1.6 mi) northeast of Mount Peacock and overlooking the terminus of Ironside Glacier from the south, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.^[1]

The peak was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, who named this feature for Sir John F.W. Herschel, noted English astronomer.^[1]

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