Mount Wright
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Mount Wright is a peak
over 1,800 m in the north part of the Admiralty Mountains
, Victoria Land
. It rises between Shipley Glacier
and Crume Glacier
, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Birthday Point
. The feature was named by the British Antarctic Expedition
, 1910–13, after Charles (later Sir Charles) S. Wright (1887–1975), physicist with the expedition.
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...
over 1,800 m in the north part of the Admiralty Mountains
Admiralty Mountains
The Admiralty Mountains is a large group of high mountains and individually-named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land of Antarctica...
, 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...
. It rises between Shipley Glacier
Shipley Glacier
Shipley Glacier is a glacier, 25 miles long, in the north-central Admiralty Mountains. The glacier drains the northern slopes of Mount Adam and flows along the east wall of DuBridge Range to Pressure Bay on the north coast of Victoria Land. Some of the glacier bypasses Pressure Bay and reaches...
and Crume Glacier
Crume Glacier
Crume Glacier is a tributary glacier, 5 nautical miles long, flowing east to enter Ommanney Glacier near the north coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William R....
, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Birthday Point
Birthday Point
Birthday Point is a bold rock headland between Pressure Bay and Berg Bay on the north coast of Victoria Land. It was charted and named by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13....
. The feature was named by the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
, 1910–13, after Charles (later Sir Charles) S. Wright (1887–1975), physicist with the expedition.