Mount Amherst

The Rawson Mountains lie within the to the southeast of the in Antarctica. They are a crescent-shaped range of tabular, ice-covered mountains including Fuller Dome, Mount Wyatt and Mount Verlautz, standing southeast of Nilsen Plateau and extending southeast for 18 nautical miles to the west side of .
  • Peak rising to 2,400 metres (7,874 feet)
  • …is named after Amherst College
  • Description: mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tongue Peak.

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The Rawson Mountains lie within the…

Mount Amherst

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Latitude
-86.53471° or 86° 32′ 5″ south
Longitude
-153.07146° or 153° 4′ 17″ west
Open location code
2358FW8H+4C
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Mount Amherst” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Amherst (bukid)”
  • Cebuano: “Amherst”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Amherst”
  • Chinese: “阿默斯特山”
  • Dutch: “Amherst”
  • Dutch: “Mount Amherst”
  • German: “Mount Amherst”
  • Italian: “Monte Amherst”
  • Ladin: “Mount Amherst”
  • Low German: “Mount Amherst”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Amherst”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Amherst”
  • Swedish: “Amherst (berg)”
  • Swedish: “Mount Amherst”
  • Venetian: “Monte Amherst”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include McNally Peak and Farley, Mount.

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