Mount Murray (Antarctica)
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Mount Murray is a sharp granite peak
, 1,005 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Bruce Point
on the north side of Mawson Glacier
in Victoria Land
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
(1907–09) which named it for James Murray
, biologist with the expedition.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 1,005 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Bruce Point
Bruce Point
Bruce Point is a headland situated at the south side of Charcot Cove on the coast of Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Captain Robert F. Scott, who named the feature for William S. Bruce, leader of the Scottish National Antarctic...
on the north side of Mawson Glacier
Mawson Glacier
Mawson Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue...
in 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...
. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
Nimrod Expedition
The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole...
(1907–09) which named it for James Murray
James Murray (biologist)
James Murray was a biologist and explorer.-Career:In 1902, he helped on a biological survey of the Scottish lochs. In 1907, at the age of 41, he served under Shackleton on the Nimrod Expedition. He was in charge of base camp.After the expedition, in 1913, he co-wrote a book titled Antarctic Days...
, biologist with the expedition.