Mount Elizabeth () is a massive ice-free mountain, high, standing south of Mount Anne in the

Queen Alexandra Range The Queen Alexandra Range () is a major mountain range about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. The range is in the Transantarctic Mountains System, and is located in the Ross ...

, Antarctica.

Exploration and name

Mount Elizabeth was discovered by the

British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 The ''Nimrod'' Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent. Its main target, among a range of ...

(BrAE), and named for Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton, a supporter of the expedition.

Location

Mount Elizabeth is in the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth Range, to the east of Mackellar Glacier, north of Alice Glacier and west of

Beardmore Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen ...

. Sirohi Point is to the east and the Owen Hills are to the northeast. A line of peaks extends north from Mount Elizabeth including, from south to north, Mount Anne, Mount Bishop, Ahmadjian Peak, Mount Rotolante and Kessler Peak.

Events

On 23 January 2013, C-GKBC (c/n:650), a

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DHC-6

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skiplane, with three Canadians on board, crashed onto Mount Elizabeth. The

Emergency Locator Transmitter An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats; it is a portable, battery-powered radio transmitter used in emergencies to locate boaters in distress and in nee ...

(ELT) was detected on the same day. The plane had been en route from the

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's Amundsen–Scott US station to

Terra Nova Bay Terra Nova Bay () is a bay which is often ice free, about long, lying between Cape Washington and the Drygalski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (known as the ...

's Zucchelli Italian station, operating under the auspices of the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA). The aircraft was found on 25 January 2013. It had impacted at the level. The New Zealand helicopter rescue team which spotted the wreckage reported that the accident was not survivable. Canada had jurisdiction in investigating the crash. Recovery efforts were ended on 27 January, after having recovered the

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(CVR), due to unsafe conditions.

Nearby features

Sirohi Point

. A rock point at the north side of the terminus of Alice Glacier, where the latter enters Beardmore Glacier. Named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for Girraj S. Sirohi,

United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the ...

(USARP) biologist at

McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is ...

, 1960-61.

Owen Hills

. An area of rugged ice-covered hills on the west side of Beardmore Glacier, between

Socks Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen ...

and Evans Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for George Owen, Special Assistant for Antarctica in the Department of State, 1959-62.

Mount Anne

. A mountain, high, standing north of Mount Elizabeth. Discovered by the BrAE (1907-09) and named for Anne Dawson-Lambton, a supporter of the expedition.

Mount Bishop

. A prominent mountain, high, standing south of Ahmadjian Peak. Named by US-ACAN after Lieutenant Barry Chapman Bishop (1932-94), United States Air Force, an observer with the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1956-57); member of the Staff of the United States Antarctic Projects Officer, 1958 and 1959; member of the American party which on May 22, 1962, succeeded in climbing Mount Everest.

Ahmadjian Peak

. A prominent ice-covered peak, high, standing southwest of Mount Fox. Named by US-ACAN for Vernon Ahmadjian, United States ArmyRP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1963-64.

Mount Rotolante

. A mountain, high, standing northwest of Mount Fox. Named by US-ACAN for Ralph A. Rotolante, United States ArmyRP meteorologist at McMurdo Station, 1962.

Kessler Peak

. A conspicuous cone-shaped peak high standing at the east side of Lennox-King Glacier, west-southwest of Mount Rotolante. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Charles L. Kessler, United States Navy, Director of Selective Service System for Virginia. Kessler was a member of the ship's party on the

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an United States Navy, American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and e ...

(1928-30) and revisited Antarctica in 1962 and 1965.

References

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