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Mount Electra () is a prominent peak, over high, immediately west of
Mount Dido Mount Dido () is a prominent peak, high, between Mount Electra and Mount Boreas in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of ...
in the
Olympus Range Olympus Range () is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over , between Victoria and McKelvey Valleys on the north and Wright Valley on the south. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Anta ...
of
Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...
. It was named by the
Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research " Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clim ...
(1958–59) for
Electra Electra (; grc, Ήλέκτρα) is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies.Evans (1970), p. 79 She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, '' Electra'' by Sophocles and '' Electra'' by Euripides. She is also the centr ...
, a figure in Greek mythology.


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Mountains of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub