Mount Fleming

Not to be confused with Fleming Summit.

Mount Fleming (77°33′S 160°6′E / 77.550°S 160.100°E / -77.550; 160.100Coordinates: 77°33′S 160°6′E / 77.550°S 160.100°E / -77.550; 160.100) is a mountain, over 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) high, standing at the southwest side of Airdevronsix Icefalls and Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) for Dr. C.A. Fleming, Senior Paleontologist of the New Zealand Geological Survey, and Chairman of the Royal Society's Antarctic Research Committee.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fleming, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-27.

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