Horseshoe Mountain
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Horseshoe Mountain is a mountain
just west of Mount Fleming
, standing on the north side of the head of Taylor Glacier
, near the edge of the polar plateau in Oates Land
, close to its boundary with Victoria Land
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and so named because of its shape.
Mountain
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just west of Mount Fleming
Mount Fleming
Fleming Summit is a peak rising to over 4,200 m, 1.5 km west of Mount Kirkpatrick, Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1995 after Thomas H. Fleming, geologist, Ohio State University, who conducted field research in this area, 1985–86 and 1990-91....
, standing on the north side of the head of Taylor Glacier
Taylor Glacier
The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills, south of the Asgard Range...
, near the edge of the polar plateau in Oates Land
Oates Land
Oates Land is a wedge-shaped segment of East Antarctica stretching along and inland from the Oates Coast. Part of the Australian claim to the Antarctic, it extends between 153°45' E and 150° E, forming a wedge between 60° S and the South Pole. It is bounded in the east by the Ross Dependency and in...
, close to its boundary with Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and so named because of its shape.