Mount Gilbert (Antarctica)
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Mount Gilbert is a mountain
(1,420 m) on the divide between Airy Glacier
and Seller Glacier
, 8 km (5 mi) northwest of Mount Castro
, in the west-central Antarctic Peninsula
.
Photographed from the air by British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) in February 1937, and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE) in November 1947. Surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for William Gilbert (1540–1603), English physician whose pioneer work De magnete, magneticisque corporibus . . . (1600) laid the foundations for an understanding of earth magnetism and the variation of the compass.
Mountain
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(1,420 m) on the divide between Airy Glacier
Airy Glacier
The Airy Glacier is a glacier long and wide, flowing west to the northeast portion of Forster Ice Piedmont, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
and Seller Glacier
Seller Glacier
Seller Glacier is a well-defined glacier, 20 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide flowing westward into Forster Ice Piedmont, western Antarctic Peninsula, just north of Flinders Peak...
, 8 km (5 mi) northwest of Mount Castro
Mount Castro
Mount Castro is a mountain, high, on the north side of Seller Glacier, southeast of Mount Gilbert, in the central Antarctic Peninsula. It was photographed from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1937, and by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947...
, in the west-central Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
.
Photographed from the air by British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE) in February 1937, and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE) in November 1947. Surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for William Gilbert (1540–1603), English physician whose pioneer work De magnete, magneticisque corporibus . . . (1600) laid the foundations for an understanding of earth magnetism and the variation of the compass.