Mount Moberly () is a steep-sided, snow-covered
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...
, high, at the end of the ridge extending southwest from
Mount Français
Mount Français is a mountain which forms the summit of Anvers Island, Antarctica, in the Antarctic claims of the United Kingdom, Argentina and Chile. It stands southeast of the center of the island and 6 miles north of Borgen Bay. Mount Fra ...
in the southern part of
Anvers Island, in the
Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is separated from
Mount William to the south by the col at the head of
Hooper Glacier
Hooper Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing from the col north of Mount William into the west side of Börgen Bay, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 195 ...
. In 1832,
John Biscoe named a mountain in this area for Captain
John Moberly,
Royal Navy
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, but the mountain was not located by subsequent expeditions. This feature was identified as Mount Moberly by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
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who made surveys in the area in 1944 and 1955.
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References
Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago
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