Mount Chetwynd
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Mount Chetwynd is a mountain, over 1400 metres (4,593.2 ft) high, immediately south of Mount Gauss
in the Kirkwood Range
of Victoria Land
. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, and named for Sir Peter Chetwynd, a naval friend of Scott's
, who was later Superintendent of Compasses at the Admiralty
.
Mount Gauss
Mount Gauss is the northernmost peak of the Kirkwood Range in Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named this feature after Professor Karl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician and astronomer....
in the Kirkwood Range
Kirkwood Range
Kirkwood Range is a massive coastal range extending north-south between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier...
of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, and named for Sir Peter Chetwynd, a naval friend of Scott's
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
, who was later Superintendent of Compasses at the Admiralty
Admiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...
.