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Mount Irving

Mount Irving

Landform on Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands

Mount Irving is a mountain rising to ca. 1,950 metres (6,398 ft)[1][2] that is the dominant elevation on Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. (Some older sources used to give the elevation as 2,300 metres (7,546 ft).[3][4]) The rounded, heavily glaciated mountain is situated in Urda Ridge occupying the southern part of the island. A prominent feature, the mountain doubtless was known to sealers in the area in the 1820s. It was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rear Admiral Sir Edmund George Irving, Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1960–66. First ascent by a team comprising Capt. Crispin Agnew, John Hult and George Bruce of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island on 6 December 1970.[1][5]

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Clarence Island seen from northeast with Mount Irving on the left.

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References

  1. [1]
    Mount Irving. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
  2. [2]
    South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  4. [4]
    "Mount Irving, Antarctica" on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  5. [5]
    Agnew of Lochnaw yr, C.H. (1972). "Elephant Island" (PDF). Alpine Journal. 1972: 204–210.

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