Mount McArthur (Antarctica)
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Mount McArthur is the highest peak
(about 1,450 m) in the Walton Mountains
, Alexander Island
. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Malcolm McArthur
, British Antarctic Survey
(BAS) geophysicist at Stonington Island
, 1971–73, who worked in northern Alexander Island.
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...
(about 1,450 m) in the Walton Mountains
Walton Mountains
Walton Mountains is an isolated chain of three predominantly snow-covered mountain masses, rising to 1, 450 m at Mount McArthur, extending south from Schubert Inlet for 25 miles in Alexander Island. First seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos...
, Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Malcolm McArthur
Malcolm McArthur
Malcolm J. "Mannie" McArthur was an Australian rugby union national representative rugby union player. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Rugby career:...
, British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....
(BAS) geophysicist at Stonington Island
Stonington Island
Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1 mile northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Stonington Island is located at . Stonington Island, 0.4 miles long from northwest to southeast and 0.2 miles wide formerly connected by a drifted snow...
, 1971–73, who worked in northern Alexander Island.