Prior, Mount

Daniell Peninsula is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of , Antarctica. It is an elongated basalt dome similar to and and rises to 2,000 metres.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,220 metres
  • Description: mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount Prior”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borchgrevink Coast.

Locality
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The is a portion of the coastline between and . The name was recommended by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Carsten Borchgrevink, a member of Henrik Johan Bull's expedition to this area, 1894–95, and leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, the first to winter on the continent, at Cape Adare. is situated 10 km west of Prior, Mount.

Prior, Mount

Latitude
-72.96667° or 72° 58′ south
Longitude
168.78333° or 168° 47′ east
Elevation
1,220 metres (4,003 feet)
Named after
G T Prior of the Mineral Department
Open location code
2VVC2QMM+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109072196
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6623638
Wiki­data ID
Q6923052
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Satellite Map

Discover Prior, Mount from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Prior, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Prior”
  • Chinese: “普萊爾山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Prior”
  • Dutch: “Prior”
  • German: “Mount Prior”
  • Hebrew: “הר פריור”
  • Ladin: “Mount Prior”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Prior”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Prior”
  • Swedish: “Mount Prior”
  • Swedish: “Prior”

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