Mount Wilbye
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Mount Wilbye is the highest peak
(about 2,050 m) of Lassus Mountains
in the north part of Alexander Island
. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Wilbye
(1574–1638), English madrigal composer.
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...
(about 2,050 m) of Lassus Mountains
Lassus Mountains
Lassus Mountains are mountains, 15 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, rising to 2,100 m and extending south from Palestrina Glacier in the northwest part of Alexander Island. First seen in 1821 by the Russian expedition under Bellingshausen...
in the north part of Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Wilbye
John Wilbye
John Wilbye , was an English madrigal composer. The son of a tanner, he was born at Brome, Suffolk, near Diss, and received the patronage of the Cornwallis family. It is thought that he accompanied Elizabeth Cornwallis to Hengrave Hall near Bury St...
(1574–1638), English madrigal composer.