Mount Cherry-Garrard
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Mount Cherry-Garrard is a peak
at the seaward end of the divide between Simpson Glacier
and Fendley Glacier
, on the north coast of Victoria Land
. It was charted by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell
, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. They named the feature for Apsley Cherry-Garrard
, Assistant Zoologist on the expedition.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
at the seaward end of the divide between Simpson Glacier
Simpson Glacier
Simpson Glacier is a glacier, 6 miles long, in the Admiralty Mountains. It flows northward to the coast between Nelson Cliff and Mount Cherry-Garrard where it forms the Simpson Glacier Tongue. The latter feature was named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, after Sir George Simpson,...
and Fendley Glacier
Fendley Glacier
Fendley Glacier is a glacier, 17 nautical miles long, flowing northeast from the Admiralty Mountains to enter the sea between Mount Cherry-Garrard and Atkinson Cliffs, on the north coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63....
, on the north coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was charted by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell
Victor Campbell
Victor Lindsay Arbuthnot Campbell DSO & Bar, OBE , was a British sailor and renowned explorer.-Terra Nova expedition:In 1910, he was First Officer on Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition...
, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. They named the feature for Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard was an English explorer of Antarctica. He was a survivor of the Terra Nova Expedition and is acclaimed for his historical account of this expedition, The Worst Journey in the World....
, Assistant Zoologist on the expedition.