Antarctica

McArthur, Mount

Mount McArthur is, at about 1,450 metres, the highest peak in the of southern , . It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Malcolm McArthur, a British Antarctic Survey geophysicist at , 1971–73, who worked in northern Alexander Island.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,450 metres
  • Description: mountain on Alexander Island, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount McArthur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Walton Mountains.

Peak
is an isolated chain of three predominantly snow-covered mountain masses, rising to about 1,450 m at Mount McArthur, extending south from Schubert Inlet for 25 miles in central , .

McArthur, Mount

Latitude
-71.18221° or 71° 10′ 56″ south
Longitude
-70.35839° or 70° 21′ 30″ west
Elevation
1,450 metres (4,757 feet)
Open location code
27WFRJ9R+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9253335047
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6637749
Wiki­data ID
Q6922079
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“McArthur, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “McArthur”
  • Chinese: “麥卡瑟山”
  • Dutch: “McArthur”
  • Dutch: “Mount McArthur”
  • German: “Mount McArthur”
  • Hebrew: “הר מקארתור”
  • Ladin: “Mount McArthur”
  • Low German: “Mount McArthur (Antarktika)”
  • Low German: “Mount McArthur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount McArthur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount McArthur i Antarktis”
  • Swedish: “McArthur”
  • Swedish: “Mount McArthur, Antarktis”

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