Portal Mountain is a large mountain in
Antarctica. The mountain has a broad ice-capped summit, and stands south of the
Lashly Mountains
The Lashly Mountains () are a small group of mountains, the most prominent at being Mount Crean, standing south of the head of Taylor Glacier and west of Lashly Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Exploration and naming
The Lashly Mountains ...
, on the south side of the main stream of the
Skelton Glacier where it leaves the
polar plateau.
The mountain was discovered by the
New Zealand party of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE, 1956–58),
["New Zealand and the Antarctic" by L.B. Quatermain. 1971. A. R. Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand.] who named it because of its association with
The Portal.
References
Mountains of Oates Land
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