Mount Kempe
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Mount Kempe is a peak, 3,005 m, midway between Mounts Huggins and Dromedary in the Royal Society Range
of Victoria Land
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) which named it for Sir Alfred Bray Kempe, at that time Treasurer of the Royal Society
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Royal Society Range
The Royal Society Range is a majestic mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Lister forms the highest point in this range. Mount Lister is located along the western shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar glaciers...
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...
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) which named it for Sir Alfred Bray Kempe, at that time Treasurer of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
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