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Mount Scott (Antarctica)
Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Mount Scott (disambiguation).
Mount Scott is a horseshoe-shaped massif on Kyiv Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land, which is open to the southwest with its convex side fronting on Girard Bay and its northwestern side on Lemaire Channel.
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Mount Scott | |
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![]() Mount Scott, February 2001 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 880 m (2,890 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 880 m (2,890 ft) |
Coordinates | 65°09′S 064°03′W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Graham Land, Antarctica |
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Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99. Mapped by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, leader of the fourth French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and named for Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott.[1]
Duseberg Buttress stands at the southwest side of Mount Scott.[2]