Mount Codrington () is a prominent mountain, high, standing south-southeast of
Cape Close
Cape Close () is a cape on the coast of Enderby Land, west of Cape Batterbee. It was discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929–31, under Mawson, who named it for Sir Charles Close, President of the ...
, east of
Johnston Peak
Johnston Peak () is a sharp dark peak in Antarctica, north of Mount Marr and northwest of Douglas Peak. It was discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, who named it for Professo ...
, and south of
Simmers Peaks
Simmers Peaks () is a group of three peaks, the highest 840 m, rising above the icecap 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Cape Close and 11 miles (18 km) north of Mount Codrington. They were discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Ant ...
. Mount Codrington forms the northeastern end of the
Napier Mountains.
It was charted in 1930 by the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers. It was a British Commonwealth initiative, dr ...
under
Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader dur ...
as being the prominent peak sighted and so named by
John Biscoe in March 1831.
See also
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History of Antarctica
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List of Antarctic expeditions
This list of Antarctic expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. Although the existence of a southern continent had been hypothesized as early as the writings of Ptolemy in the 1st century AD, the South Pole was no ...
References
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External links
Australian Antarctic DivisionAustralian Antarctic GazetteerAustralian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic TerritoryANARE ClubList of Peaks in Enderby Land
Mountains of Enderby Land
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