Mount Watt
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Mount Watt is a peak
, 2,715 m, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Roy
in the Barker Range
, Victoria Land
. Named by the Southern Party
of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, after B.H. Watt, expedition secretary.
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...
, 2,715 m, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Roy
Mount Roy
Mount Roy is a mountain rising to 2,850 m on the south side of Benighted Pass, Barker Range, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Robert R. Roy, cook at Hallett Station in 1957....
in the Barker Range
Barker Range
Barker Range is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for...
, 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 the Southern Party
Southern Party
The Southern Party was a minor political party in the United States that operated exclusively in the South. The party supported states' rights and increased Southern cultural and regionalist activism....
of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, after B.H. Watt, expedition secretary.