Mount Suess
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Mount Suess is a conspicuous mountain
(1,190 m) surmounting the south part of Gondola Ridge
, near the south side of Mackay Glacier
in Victoria Land
. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition
(1907–09) and named for Eduard Suess
, Austrian geologist and paleontologist.
Mountain
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(1,190 m) surmounting the south part of Gondola Ridge
Gondola Ridge
Gondola Ridge is a high rocky ridge just south of Mackay Glacier, extending northeast from Mount Suess for about 4 nautical miles in Victoria Land. Charted by the Western Geological Party of the British Antarctic Expedition who so named it because Mount Suess, to which the ridge is joined,...
, near the south side of Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, between the Convoy and Clare Ranges, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Alistair F...
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 British Antarctic Expedition
Nimrod Expedition
The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole...
(1907–09) and named for Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess was a geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana and the Tethys Ocean.Born in London to a Jewish Saxon merchant, when he was three his family relocated toPrague,...
, Austrian geologist and paleontologist.