Mount Edgell is a mountain, high, rising eastward of
Cape Jeremy Cape Jeremy is a cape marking the east side of the north entrance to George VI Sound and the west end of a line dividing Graham Land and Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Graham Land expedition, 1934–37, under John Rid ...
, the east side of the north entrance to
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 the
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...
. It was discovered by the
French Antarctic Expedition of 1908–10 under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean-Bap ...
. Charcot saw it first from a great distance and thinking it to be an island, he named it "Ile Gordon Bennett" for
James Gordon Bennett, Jr. of the
New York Herald
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Hist ...
, who gave financial aid to the expedition. The
British Graham Land Expedition under
John 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
* Seco ...
, surveying this area in 1936–37 and finding no island, applied the name Mount Edgell to the feature now recognized as Charcot's "Ile Gordon Bennett." The name Mount Edgell, after
Sir John Augustine Edgell,
Hydrographer of the Navy
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from 1932–45, has since become established through international usage.
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See also
* Pampero Pass
Further reading
* Leat, Philip T.; Scarrow, Jane H. 1994,
Central volcanoes as sources for the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group
', Antarctic Science, 6 (3). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102094000568
* United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center,
Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Includes Islands South of Latitude 60°
', P 204
External links
Mount Edgell
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Mount Edgell
on SCAR
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website
Mount Edgell
on peakery.com
References
Mountains of Graham Land
Fallières Coast
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