Mount Henry (Enderby Land)
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Mount Henry () is a mountain, high, standing east of Simpson Peak in the Scott Mountains of
Enderby Land Enderby Land is a projecting landmass of Antarctica. Its shore extends from Shinnan Glacier at about to William Scoresby Bay at , approximately of the earth's longitude (planets), longitude. It was first documented in western and eastern liter ...
, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australia: Antarctic Program#Australian Antarctic program, Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic D ...
aircraft in 1956. The name was first applied by
John Biscoe John Biscoe (28 April 1794 – 1843) was an English mariner and explorer who commanded the first expedition known to have sighted the areas named Enderby Land and Graham Land along the coast of Antarctica. The expedition also found a number of is ...
in 1831 to a feature which cannot now be identified, and was probably after one of the Enderby Brothers, the owners of Biscoe's vessel.


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