Mount Arronax

Mount Arronax
Mount Arronax Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	1,585 m (5,200 ft)
Prominence	1,000 m (3,300 ft)[1]
Listing	Ribu
Coordinates	67.6667°S 67.3667°W / -67.6667; -67.3667
Geography
Location	Graham Land, Antarctica

Mount Arronax is an ice-covered, pointed peak in Antarctica.

Location

The peak is located at 1,585 m (5,200 ft) above sea level,[2] 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Nautilus Head and dominating the north part of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Black Pass runs northeast–southwest, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Arronax.[3][4]

Climbing history

It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. It was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after Professor Pierre Arronax, the central character in Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. A number of features on the island are named for characters in the book.

References

1. "World Ribus – West Antarctica Ranges". World Ribus. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
2. "Mount Arronax". peakery.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
3. Matthews, D. W. (1983). "The geology of Pourquoi Pas Island, northern Marguerite Bay, Graham Land". British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 52: 1–20.
4. Matthews, D.W. (1 January 1983). "The geology of Pourquoi Pas Island, northern Marguerite Bay, Graham Land" (PDF). British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 52. British Antarctic Survey: 1–20 – via CORE (research service).

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Arronax". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.