Mount Wilcox (Antarctica)
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Mount Wilcox is a mountain
with a sharp, rocky, triangular peak
surmounting the southeast corner of Square Bay
, 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Camp Point on the west coast of Graham Land
, Antarctica. The mountain was apparently first seen and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition
under Charcot. It was surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under John Rymill
and was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). The name, proposed by Colonel Lawrence Martin, is for Phineas Wilcox, mate on the Hero, in which Captain Nathaniel Palmer
explored the Antarctic mainland south of Deception Island
in 1820.
Mountain
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with a sharp, rocky, triangular peak
Pyramidal peak
A pyramidal peak, or sometimes in its most extreme form called a glacial horn, is a mountaintop that has been modified by the action of ice during glaciation and frost weathering...
surmounting the southeast corner of Square Bay
Square Bay
Square Bay is a bay, roughly square in outline and 10 nautical miles wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land between Nicholl Head and Camp Point. Most of the entrance to the bay is occupied by Horseshoe Island, which limits access to a narrow southern strait opening onto Marguerite Bay and...
, 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Camp Point on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. The mountain was apparently first seen and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
under Charcot. It was surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE) under John Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.- Early life :Rymill was born the son of a farmer on 13 March 1905 at Penola, South Australia...
and was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). The name, proposed by Colonel Lawrence Martin, is for Phineas Wilcox, mate on the Hero, in which Captain Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut.-Sealing career and Antarctic exploration:...
explored the Antarctic mainland south of Deception Island
Deception Island (South Shetland Islands)
Deception Island is an island in South Shetland off the Antarctic Peninsula, which has one of the safest harbours in Antarctica. The island is the caldera of an active volcano, which caused serious damage to the local scientific stations in 1967 and 1969...
in 1820.