Mount Smith
Encyclopedia
Mount Smith is a mountain
over 1,400 m, standing north of Mawson Glacier
and 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Mount Murray
in Victoria Land
. Discovered by the Discovery Expedition
(1901–04), which probably named this peak for W. E. Smith, Chief Naval Constructor, who prepared the plans and supervised construction of the expedition ship RRS Discovery
.
Mountain
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over 1,400 m, standing north of Mawson Glacier
Mawson Glacier
Mawson Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue...
and 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Mount Murray
Mount Murray (Antarctica)
Mount Murray is a sharp granite peak, 1,005 m, standing 8 nautical miles west of Bruce Point on the north side of Mawson Glacier in Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition which named it for James Murray, biologist with the expedition....
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...
. Discovered by the Discovery Expedition
Discovery Expedition
The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier...
(1901–04), which probably named this peak for W. E. Smith, Chief Naval Constructor, who prepared the plans and supervised construction of the expedition ship RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery
The RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, she was launched in 1901. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful...
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