Mount Midnight

Mount Midnight (71°56′S 167°28′E / 71.933°S 167.467°E / -71.933; 167.467Coordinates: 71°56′S 167°28′E / 71.933°S 167.467°E / -71.933; 167.467) is a peak nearly 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high, standing on the north side of Tucker Glacier, 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) west of Shadow Bluff, in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was climbed by a geological team of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition in January 1958, and was named by them in association with Mount Shadow, just eastward, and Shadow Bluff.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Midnight". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-24.

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