Flat Top () is a distinctive table mountain, 1,330 m, with steep rocky cliffs, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of
Lister Heights in the west part of the
Shackleton Range in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. First seen and given this descriptive name during the early reconnaissance flights of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
, 1955–58. Visited and mapped by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957.
Mountains of Coats Land
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