Mount Pendragon
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Mount Pendragon is a mountain
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...

 (975 m) 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Cape Lookout
Cape Lookout (South Shetland Islands)
This article is about the Cape Lookout on Elephant Island. See Cape Lookout for other places of a similar name.Cape Lookout or Cabo Fossatti or Cabo Vigia or Cabo Vig¿lante is a steep cape/bluff, 240 m high, marking the southern extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. Cape...

, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

. Mapped by U.K. Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. The name was applied to this highest mountain on Elephant Island by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 and acknowledges Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, as royal patron of the Joint Services Expedition. Pendragon
Pendragon
Pendragon or Pen Draig, meaning "head dragon" or "chief dragon" , is the name of several traditional Kings of the Britons:...

is the ancient title for a British or Welsh Prince.
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