Mount Coleman

Mount Coleman (77°33′S 163°22′E / 77.550°S 163.367°E / -77.550; 163.367Coordinates: 77°33′S 163°22′E / 77.550°S 163.367°E / -77.550; 163.367) is a rounded mountain, 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) high, standing immediately east of Commonwealth Glacier at the head of New Harbour in Victoria Land. It was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott, and named by C. S. Wright, a member of the expedition, for Professor A. P. Coleman, geologist, of Toronto University, Canada.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Coleman, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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