Mount Bellingshausen

Mount Bellingshausen
Mount Bellingshausen is located in Antarctica
Mount Bellingshausen
Highest point
Elevation1,380 m (4,530 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Prominence154 m (505 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates75°7′S 162°6′E / 75.117°S 162.100°E / -75.117; 162.100 (Mount Bellingshausen)
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
Region(s)Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangePrince Albert Mountains

Mount Bellingshausen (75°7′S 162°6′E / 75.117°S 162.100°E / -75.117; 162.100 (Mount Bellingshausen)) is a conspicuous cone-shaped mountain, 1,380 metres (4,530 ft) high, standing 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Mount Priestley between Larsen Glacier and David Glacier, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mount Bellingshausen was discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901–04, led by Robert Falcon Scott, and named by him after Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen, leader of the Russian expedition of 1819–21.[1]

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 57.

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