Mount Morrison (Enderby Land)

Mount Morrison is a mountain 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) northeast of Mount Best, in the Tula Mountains of Enderby Land in Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for H.C. Morrison, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929–31.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Morrison". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-08.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Morrison" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 66°48′S 51°27′E / 66.800°S 51.450°E / -66.800; 51.450


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