Mount Falconer

Mount Falconer is a mountain, 810 metres (2,660 ft) high, surmounting Lake Fryxell on the north wall of Taylor Valley, between Mount McLennan and Commonwealth Glacier. It was named by the Western Journey Party, led by Thomas Griffith Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Falconer, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

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Coordinates: 77°35′S 163°8′E / 77.583°S 163.133°E / -77.583; 163.133


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