Mount Prior
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Mount Prior is a mountain
(1,220 m) about 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Mount Brewster
, rising at the head of Whitehall Glacier
in the west part of Daniell Peninsula
, Victoria Land
. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, for George T. Prior of the Mineral Department, British Museum
, who studied and analyzed the rocks obtained from this region by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04.
Mountain
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(1,220 m) about 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Mount Brewster
Mount Brewster
Mount Brewster was named in 1929 by Tom Wilson after John Brewster who was the father of the Brewster family of Banff. It is located in the Vermilion Range in Alberta....
, rising at the head of Whitehall Glacier
Whitehall Glacier
Whitehall Glacier is a large glacier flowing north into Tucker Inlet between Daniell Peninsula and the southeast part of the Victory Mountains, in Victoria Land...
in the west part of Daniell Peninsula
Daniell Peninsula
Daniell Peninsula is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land. It is an elongated basalt dome similar to Adare and Hallett Peninsulas and rises to 2,000 meters...
, 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...
. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, for George T. Prior of the Mineral Department, British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
, who studied and analyzed the rocks obtained from this region by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04.