Mount Skidmore () is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
(865 m) on the east side of the mouth of
Stratton Glacier
The Stratton Glacier () is a glacier 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing north from Pointer Nunatak and then northwest to the north of Mount Weston, in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica.
Exploration
The Stratton Glacier' was first ma ...
in the
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range () is a mountain range in Antarctica that rises to and extends in an east–west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery Glaciers.
Surveys
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), which in 1956 s ...
. It was first mapped in 1957 by the
CTAE, and it was photographed in 1967 by
U.S. Navy
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trimetrogon aerial photography. It was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) for
Michael J. Skidmore, a
British Antarctic Survey
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(BAS) geologist at the
Brunt Ice Shelf
The Brunt Ice Shelf borders the Antarctic coast of Coats Land between Dawson-Lambton Glacier and Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee after David Brunt, British meteorologist, Physical Secreta ...
between 1966 and 1969 who worked in the Shackleton Range from 1968 to 1969.
Mountains of Coats Land
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