Mount Charity is mountain in Antarctica. It lies south of
Mount Hope, rising from the south end of the
Eternity Range
The Eternity Range is a range of mountains long, rising to , and trending north–south approximately in the middle of the Antarctic Peninsula, in the Palmer Land region of Antarctica.
Geography
The Eternity Range is divided into three main mou ...
in northern
Palmer Land. It was first seen from the air and named by
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History.
Biography
Lincoln Ellsworth was born on May 12, 1880, to James Ellsworth and Eva F ...
during his flights of November 21 and 23, 1935. It was surveyed by
John Riddoch Rymill
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
of the
British Graham Land Expedition in November 1936. The mountain was subsequently photographed from the air by the
United States Antarctic Service
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
in September 1940, and by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in December 1947. The feature is one of three major mountains in Ellsworth's Eternity Range to which he gave the names
Faith, Hope and Charity.
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References
Mountains of Palmer Land
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