Mount Douglas (Antarctica)
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Mount Douglas is a striking pyramidal peak
, 1,750 m, near the head of Fry Glacier
, on the divide between the Fry and Mawson Glacier
s. The New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58) established a survey station on its summit in December 1957. Named for Murray H. Douglas, a member of the party.
Pyramidal peak
A pyramidal peak, or sometimes in its most extreme form called a glacial horn, is a mountaintop that has been modified by the action of ice during glaciation and frost weathering...
, 1,750 m, near the head of Fry Glacier
Fry Glacier
Fry Glacier is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into Tripp Bay, Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition and named for A.M. Fry, a contributor to the expedition....
, on the divide between the Fry and Mawson Glacier
Mawson Glacier
Mawson Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue...
s. The New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58) established a survey station on its summit in December 1957. Named for Murray H. Douglas, a member of the party.