Flagship Mountain () is a prominent, conical rock peak, high, surmounting the southern part of the large rock mass between
Northwind Glacier
Northwind Glacier () is a large Antarctic glacier; one of the major sources of the Fry Glacier, in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land. The glacier drains the west part of Flight Deck Neve and flows north between Elkhorn Ridge and Sunker Nunataks to F ...
and
Atka Glacier
Atka Glacier () is the glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, draining north into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. It was discovered and named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1 ...
in the
Convoy Range
Convoy Range () is a broad mountain range in Antarctica. Much of the range has a nearly flat plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier. The range has steep cliffs on its east side, but it slopes gently i ...
of
Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) after the
USS ''Glacier'', flagship of the American convoy into
McMurdo Sound in the 1956–57 season, and closely associated with the area in other years.
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References
Mountains of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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