Mount Carnes
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,798 metres
- Description: mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Carnes, Mount”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Thundergut and Veli Peak.
Mount Thundergut
Peak
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.
Veli Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Idun Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Linnaeus Terrace.
Plane Table Glacier
Locality
Plane Table Glacier is a short, tapering glacier on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land.
Linnaeus Terrace
Locality
Linnaeus Terrace is a rock terrace on the north side of Oliver Peak in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No.138 because it is one of the richest known sites for the cryptoendolithic communities that colonise the Beacon Sandstone. Linnaeus Terrace is situated 9 km northwest of Mount Carnes.
Mount Carnes
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.65745° or 77° 39′ 27″ southLongitude
161.35357° or 161° 21′ 13″ eastElevation
1,798 metres (5,899 feet)Named after
Philip A. CarnesOpen location code
2VJ389V3+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 7952832426OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6630843Wikidata ID
Q6920058
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Carnes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Carnes”
- Chinese: “卡恩斯山”
- Dutch: “Mount Carnes”
- German: “Mount Carnes”
- Ladin: “Mount Carnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Carnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Carnes”
- Swedish: “Carnes”
- Swedish: “Mount Carnes”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Panorama Peak and Saint Pauls Mountain.
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