McClintock, Mount

Mount McClintock is the highest mountain in the in Antarctica, surmounting the south end of Forbes Ridge, 6 nautical miles east of Mount Olympus.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,200 metres
  • Description: mountain in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount McClintock”

McClintock, Mount

Latitude
-80.21667° or 80° 13′ south
Longitude
157.43333° or 157° 26′ east
Elevation
3,200 metres (10,499 feet)
Named after
Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock
Open location code
2RFVQCMM+88
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“McClintock, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Mont McClintock”
  • Cebuano: “McClintock”
  • Chinese: “麥克林托克山”
  • Dutch: “Mount McClintock”
  • Esperanto: “Monto McClintock”
  • French: “mont McClintock”
  • French: “Mont McClintock”
  • German: “Mount McClintock”
  • Hebrew: “הר מקלינטוק”
  • Ladin: “Mount McClintock”
  • Low German: “Mount McClintock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount McClintock”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount McClintock”
  • Slovak: “Mount McClintock”
  • Slovenian: “Mount McClintock”
  • Swedish: “McClintock”
  • Swedish: “Mount McClintock”
  • Turkish: “McClintock Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мак-Клінток”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Venta Plateau and Midnight Plateau.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Berry Bastion and Dartmouth Peak.

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