Faraway, Mount

Mount Faraway is a prominent, snow-covered mountain, 1,175 metres high, marking the southern extremity of the of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956, and so named because during days of sledging toward this mountain they never seemed to be any nearer to it.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,175 metres
  • Description: important Bird Area of Antarctica
  • Also known as: Mount Faraway

Faraway, Mount

Latitude
-79.20055° or 79° 12′ 2″ south
Longitude
-28.82525° or 28° 49′ 31″ west
Elevation
1,175 metres (3,855 feet)
Open location code
29GHQ5XF+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9253443686
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6632955
Wiki­data ID
Q8337555
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Faraway, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Faraway
  • Chinese: 法拉韋山
  • Dutch: Mount Faraway
  • German: Mount Faraway
  • Ladin: Mount Faraway
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mount Faraway
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mount Faraway
  • Swedish: Faraway
  • Swedish: Mount Faraway

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