The Seward Mountains are isolated
mountain
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s, 1,525 m, standing 10
mile
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s
east-southeast
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(ESE) of the
Buttress Nunataks
The Buttress Nunataks are a group of prominent coastal nunataks, the highest at , lying inland from George VI Sound and west-northwest of the Seward Mountains, on the west coast of Palmer Land. They were first seen from a distance and roughly su ...
and a like distance east of
George VI Sound
George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/ fault depression, 300 miles (483 km) long and mainly covered by a permanent ice shelf. It ...
on the west coast of
Palmer Land
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.
The Seward Mountains were discovered in 1936 by the
British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under
John Riddoch Rymill
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. The Seward Mountains were named by
John Riddoch Rymill
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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* Second E ...
for Sir
Albert Seward
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Life
Seward was born in Lancaster. His first education was at Lancaster Grammar School and he then went on to St John's College, Cambrid ...
, professor of
botany
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at
Cambridge
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, 1906–1936.
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References
Mountain ranges of Palmer Land
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