Mount Kyffin

Mount Kyffin in Antarctica (83°48′S 171°38′E / 83.800°S 171.633°E / -83.800; 171.633Coordinates: 83°48′S 171°38′E / 83.800°S 171.633°E / -83.800; 171.633) is a distinctive reddish-brown mountain, 1,670 metres (5,480 ft) high, with a sloping spur extending 4 nautical miles (7 km) to the north, at the extreme northern end of the Commonwealth Range, projecting into the east side of Beardmore Glacier and rising precipitously above it.

Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, it was named for Evan Kyffin-Thomas, one of the proprietors of The Register, an Adelaide newspaper. Kyffin-Thomas was a traveling companion of Ernest Shackleton's on the voyage from England.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kyffin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-21.

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