Shoulder Mountain

Shoulder Mountain
Shoulder Mountain

Location in Antarctica

Highest point
Elevation 1,000 metres (3,300 ft)
Coordinates 76°37′S 162°8′E / 76.617°S 162.133°E / -76.617; 162.133Coordinates: 76°37′S 162°8′E / 76.617°S 162.133°E / -76.617; 162.133
Geography
Location Antarctica

Shoulder Mountain is a prominent, triangular rock buttress over 1,000 m, on the north side of the lower Fry Glacier and close south of Mount Creak in Victoria Land. It was mapped and given this descriptive name by the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58.

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


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