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Mount Scott - Definition and Overview

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Mount Scott

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Elevation:880 metres (2,887 feet)
Latitude:65º 09´ S
Longitude:064º 03´ W
Location:Graham Land, Antarctica
Range:
First ascent:

Mount Scott is a horseshoe-shaped massif, open to the SW with its convex side fronting on Girard Bay and its NW side on Lemaire Channel, on the west coast of Graham Land.

Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99. Mapped by Dr. Jean B. Charcot, leader of the FrAE, 1908-10, and named for Captain Robert F. Scott.

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