Mount Ewart
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Mount Ewart is an ice-free mountain
rising to 213 m at the northwest side of Lake Cole
and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Mount Melania
, Black Island
, in Ross Archipelago
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) (1999) after A. Ewart, New Zealand Geological Survey, Lower Hutt
, who, with J.W. Cole, investigated the geology of Brown Peninsula
, Black Island, and Cape Bird
in the 1964-65 season.
Mountain
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rising to 213 m at the northwest side of Lake Cole
Lake Cole
Lake Cole is an ice-covered lake long, located south of Mount Ewart and Mount Melania on Black Island in the Ross Archipelago. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after J.W. Cole, Department of Geology, Victoria University of Wellington, who, with A. Ewart, investigated the...
and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Mount Melania
Mount Melania
Mount Melania is a prominent rounded hill, 330 m, at the north end of Black Island, in the Ross Archipelago. It was first climbed by Ferrar and Bernacchi of the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The name is a Greek word connoting black, an appropriate name for a feature on Black Island. Named by...
, Black Island
Black Island (Ross Archipelago)
Black Island , in the Ross Archipelago, is immediately west of White Island. It was first named by the Discovery Expedition because of its lack of snow. The island's northernmost point is named Cape Hodgson, commemorating Thomas Vere Hodgson .The highest point is Mt. Aurora, a prinicple...
, in Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago is a convenient name for that group of islands which, together with the ice shelf between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound. The most northerly is Beaufort Island, then comes Ross Island, the Dellbridge Islands, and Black Island and White Island...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) (1999) after A. Ewart, New Zealand Geological Survey, Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...
, who, with J.W. Cole, investigated the geology of Brown Peninsula
Brown Peninsula
Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named it "Brown Island" because of its color...
, Black Island, and Cape Bird
Cape Bird
Cape Bird is a cape which marks the north extremity of Ross Island. Discovered in 1841 by a British expedition under Ross, and named by him for Lieutenant Edward J. Bird of the ship Erebus....
in the 1964-65 season.