Shapeless Mountain
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Shapeless Mountain is a massive mountain
, 2,740 m, standing west of the head of Balham Valley
in Victoria Land
in Antarctica. Named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58) as being descriptive of its appearance from almost every direction.
Mountain
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, 2,740 m, standing west of the head of Balham Valley
Balham Valley
Balham Valley is an ice-free valley between the Insel Range and the Apocalypse Peaks, in Victoria Land. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for R.W. Balham, biologist with the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who did the first...
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...
in Antarctica. Named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58) as being descriptive of its appearance from almost every direction.