Mount Ramsay
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Mount Ramsay is a peak
, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove
on the north coast of Laurie Island
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay
, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak.
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...
, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove
Uruguay Cove
Uruguay Cove is a cove in the west part of Jessie Bay on tire north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under W.S. Bruce. He named the cove after the Argentine corvette Uruguay which for many years after 1904 carried...
on the north coast of Laurie Island
Laurie Island
Laurie Island is an island in the Antarctic Circle, the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , 1902–04, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in prestige terms by Robert Falcon Scott's concurrent Discovery Expedition, the SNAE completed...
under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay may refer to:*Allan Ramsay , also known as Allan Ramsay the Elder, Scottish poet*Allan Ramsay , also known as Allan Ramsay the Younger, Scottish portrait painter...
, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak.