Mount Drygalski
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Mount Drygalski is an ice-free hill
in Antarctica, 210 metres (689 ft) high, standing 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) southeast of Atlas Cove
, near the northwest end of Heard Island
in the southern Indian Ocean
. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1882 sketch map compiled by Ens. Washington Irving Chambers
aboard the USS Marion
during the rescue of the shipwrecked crew of the American
sealing
bark 1st German Antarctic Expedition in 1902. Professor Erich von Drygalski
, German Antarctic Expedition leader, was a member of the landing party which investigated the area between Rogers Head
and the summit of this feature.
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...
in Antarctica, 210 metres (689 ft) high, standing 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) southeast of Atlas Cove
Atlas Cove
Atlas Cove is a cove on the north coast of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean, and is entered between the base of Laurens Peninsula and Rogers Head. It was named by American sealers after the schooner sealing fleet which landed at Heard Island in 1855...
, near the northwest end of Heard Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size is in area and it has of coastline...
in the southern Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1882 sketch map compiled by Ens. Washington Irving Chambers
Washington Irving Chambers
Captain Washington Irving Chambers, USN was a United States Navy officer who played a major role in the early development of Naval aviation, serving as the first officer to have oversight of the Navy's aviation program....
aboard the USS Marion
USS Marion (1839)
USS Marion was a sloop-of-war of the third rate in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.Marion was launched at the Boston Navy Yard on 24 April 1839. On 10 November 1839, she departed Boston on her first cruise, to Brazil. Sunk when heaved down in the harbor at Rio de Janeiro early in 1842,...
during the rescue of the shipwrecked crew of the American
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
sealing
Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
bark 1st German Antarctic Expedition in 1902. Professor Erich von Drygalski
Erich von Drygalski
Erich Dagobert von Drygalski was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, Province of Prussia....
, German Antarctic Expedition leader, was a member of the landing party which investigated the area between Rogers Head
Rogers Head
Rogers Head is a conspicuous headland marking the north extremity of the peninsula between Atlas Cove and Corinthian Bay on the north coast of Heard Island. Named for the Rogers family of New London, CT, including Captain Erasmus Darwin Rogers, who in 1855 made the first landing on Heard Island in...
and the summit of this feature.