Mount Murchison
Mount Murchison is located in Antarctica
Mount Murchison
Mount Murchison
Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation3,501 m (11,486 ft)[1]
Prominence1,927 m (6,322 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates73°25′S 166°18′E / 73.417°S 166.300°E / -73.417; 166.300[1]
Geography
LocationVictoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeMountaineer Range

Mount Murchison is a mountain (3,501 meters (11,486 ft) above sea level) in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Sources differ as to whether Murchison is the highest peak of the Mountaineer Range;[2] or the second highest if Mount Supernal is considered part of the range.[3]

1:250,000-scale topographic reconnaissance map of the Southern Cross Mountains area in Antarctica, including the Mountaineer Range with Mount Murchison

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  2. "Murchison, Mount" GNIS Antarctica Detail USGS.gov. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. "Mountaineer Range" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.


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