Mount Drygalski is an ice-free hill, high, standing southeast of
Atlas Cove, near the northwest end of
Heard Island
The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size ...
in the southern
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...
. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1882 sketch map compiled by Ensign
Washington Irving Chambers
Captain Washington Irving Chambers, USN (April 4, 1856 – September 23, 1934) was a 43-year, career United States Navy officer, who near the end of his service played a major role in the early development of U.S.Naval aviation, serving as the fir ...
aboard the
USS ''Marion'' during the rescue of the shipwrecked crew of the
American sealing bark ''Trinity''. It was more accurately charted and named by the
First German Antarctica Expedition in 1902. Professor
Erich von Drygalski
Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (; February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia.
Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at t ...
, the leader of the German Expedition, was a member of the landing party which investigated the area between
Rogers Head and the summit of this feature.
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References
External links
Map of Mount Drygalski and the northwestern coast of Heard IslandMap of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features
Mountains of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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