Melton, Mount
The Kyle Hills are a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica, between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,000 metres
- Description: mountain on Ross Island, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Mount Melton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scanniello Peak and Tent Peak.
Scanniello Peak
Peak
The Kyle Hills are a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica, between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier.
Tent Peak
Peak
Mount Terror is an extinct volcano about 3,230 metres high on Ross Island, Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles eastward of Mount Erebus. Mount Terror was named in 1841 by polar explorer James Clark Ross after his second ship, HMS Terror.
Coughran Peak
Peak
The Kyle Hills are a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica, between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier.
Melton, Mount
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.50789° or 77° 30′ 28″ south
Longitude
168.8635° or 168° 51′ 49″ east
Elevation
2,000 metres (6,562 feet)
Named after
Terry Melton
Open location code
2VJCFVR7+RC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Melton, Mount from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Melton, Mount” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Melton”
- Chinese: “梅爾頓山”
- Dutch: “Melton”
- Dutch: “Mount Melton”
- German: “Mount Melton”
- Ladin: “Mount Melton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Melton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Melton”
- Swedish: “Melton”
- Swedish: “Mount Melton”
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Highlights include Haywood Peak and Hill Peak.
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