Mount Perseverance
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Mount Perseverance is the high peak
near the south end of the ridge from Mount Whitcombe
, overlooking the lower Benson Glacier
in Victoria Land
. So named because it was the final station occupied by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58) during a particularly long day's field work on October 22, 1957.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
near the south end of the ridge from Mount Whitcombe
Mount Whitcombe
Mount Whitcombe is a large mountain, 1,425 m, standing just north of Mount Perseverance and west of Mount Arrowsmith at the west side of Evans Piedmont Glacier in Victoria Land. Mapped in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58...
, overlooking the lower Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier is a glacier about long, draining the east part of Flight Deck Neve and continuing east between Fry Glacier and Mackay Glacier into the north part of Granite Harbour where it forms a floating tongue...
in 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...
. So named because it was the final station occupied by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58) during a particularly long day's field work on October 22, 1957.