Mount Davidson (Antarctica)
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Mount Davidson is a mountain
, 1560 metres (5,118.1 ft) high, standing at the head of Albrecht Penck Glacier
in Victoria Land
. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) which named it for a member of the ship's company of the Morning
, relief ship to the expedition.
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
, 1560 metres (5,118.1 ft) high, standing at the head of Albrecht Penck Glacier
Albrecht Penck Glacier
Albrecht Penck Glacier is a glacier between the Fry Glacier and the Evans Piedmont Glacier, draining northeast toward Tripp Bay on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition which named this feature for Albrecht Penck, the Director of the...
in 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 discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) which named it for a member of the ship's company of the Morning
SY Morning
SY Morning is most famous for her role as a relief vessel to Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition . She made two voyages to the Antarctic to resupply the expedition.-Acquisition for the British National Antarctic Expedition:...
, relief ship to the expedition.