Mount Armytage () is a dome-shaped mountain, high, standing north of Mawson Glacier and west of Mount Smith. It is in the

Prince Albert Mountains The Prince Albert Mountains () are a major mountain group in Antarctica over long. Located in Victoria Land, they run north–south between the Priestley Glacier to the north and Ferrar Glacier to the south. They are south of the Deep Freeze ...

Exploration and name

Mount Armytage was first charted by the ''Nimrod'' Expedition (1907–09) which named it for Bertram Armytage, a member of the expedition who was in charge of the ponies.

Location

Shultz Peak lies at the end of a ridge running south from Mount Armytage. Beckett Nunatak and The Mitten are to the west of Mount Armytage. The Mitten terminates in Thumb Point.

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is to the north and the Ricker Hills to the northwest.

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and the

Mawson Glacier The Mawson Glacier () is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöl ...

are to the southeast. The very isolated

Reckling Peak The Mawson Glacier () is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöld ...

is to the southwest.

Features

Nearby features include:

Shultz Peak

. A sharp peak south of Mount Armytage, where it overlooks the north flank of Mawson Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by US-ACAN in 1964 for Lieutenant Willard E. Shultz, United States Navy, supply officer at McMurdo Station, 1962.

Beckett Nunatak

. A flattish, mostly bare rock nunatak lying west of Mount Armytage and south of Harbord Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by US-ACAN in 1964 for W.T. Beckett, utilities man at McMurdo Station, 1963.

The Mitten

. Bare flat-topped mountain, which resembles a mitten when viewed from above, standing northwest of Mount Armytage. Named by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1962-63) because of its shape.

Thumb Point

. A rock spur extending from the northwest side of The Mitten, a butte in the Prince Albert Mountains. Named by the Southern Party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, because the feature resembles the thumb on a mitten.

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