Mount Edgell is a mountain, high, rising eastward of
Cape Jeremy, 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. I ...
, on the west coast of the
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin 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 Antarctica.
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. It was discovered by the
French Antarctic Expedition of 1908–10 under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot. 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
The ''New York Herald'' was a large-distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between 1835 and 1924. At that point it was acquired by its smaller rival the '' New-York Tribune'' to form the '' New York Herald Tribune''.
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, who gave financial aid to the expedition. The
British Graham Land Expedition under
John Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.
Early life
Rymill was born at Penola, South Australia, the second son of Robert Rymill (7 J ...
, 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
on USGS
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website
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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