Mount Inverleith
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Mount Inverleith is a mountain
, 1495 metres (4,904.9 ft), in West Antarctica
standing near the edge of the plateau
escarpment
2 miles (3.2 km) east-northeast of the head of Skontorp Cove
, on the west coast of Graham Land
. First charted and named "Iverleith Hill" by Scottish geologist David Ferguson
in 1913-14.
Mountain
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, 1495 metres (4,904.9 ft), in West Antarctica
West Antarctica
West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of the continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere including the Antarctic Peninsula.-Location and description:...
standing near the edge of the plateau
Plateau
In geology and earth science, a plateau , also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau...
escarpment
Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.-Description and variants:...
2 miles (3.2 km) east-northeast of the head of Skontorp Cove
Skontorp Cove
Skontorp Cove is a cove in Paradise Harbor, lying 2 nautical miles southeast of Bryde Island along the west coast of Graham Land. Named for Edvard Skontorp, an outstanding Norwegian whale gunner, who commanded a whaler for Salvesen and Co. of Leith, Scotland....
, on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. First charted and named "Iverleith Hill" by Scottish geologist David Ferguson
David Ferguson
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in 1913-14.