Mount Phillips (Antarctica)

Mount Phillips
Highest point
Elevation 3,035 m (9,957 ft)
Coordinates 73°01′S 167°15′W / 73.017°S 167.250°W / -73.017; -167.250
Geography
Location Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Mount Phillips (73°01′S 167°15′W / 73.017°S 167.250°W / -73.017; -167.250Coordinates: 73°01′S 167°15′W / 73.017°S 167.250°W / -73.017; -167.250) is a mainly ice-covered mountain rising to about 3,035 metres (9,957 ft) lying about 11 miles (18 km) west of Mount Alberts, situated in the southern portion of the Malta Plateau, on the Borchgrevink Coast, named for Anglo-Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink (1864–1934), marking the western extremity of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was first discovered in January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who so named the mountain for professor John Phillips, assistant secretary of the British Association.

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