Mount Armytage Explained

Map:Antarctica
Region:Victoria Land, Antarctica
Country:Antarctica
Country Type:Continent
Parent:Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates:-76.0333°N 205°W

Mount Armytage (-76.0333°N 205°W) is a dome-shaped mountain, high, standing north of Mawson Glacier and west of Mount Smith.It is in the Prince Albert Mountains

Exploration and name

Mount Armytage was first charted by the BrAE (1907-09) which named it for Bertram Armytage, a member of the expedition who was in charge of the ponies.

Location

Shultz Peak lies at the end of a ridge running south from Mount Armytage.Beckett Nunatak and The Mitten are to the west of Mount Armytage.The Mitten terminates in Thumb Point.Mount Joyce is to the north and the Ricker Hills to the northwest.Mount Murray and the Mawson Glacier are to the southeast.The very isolated Reckling Peak is to the southwest.

Features

Nearby features include:

Shultz Peak

-76.1667°N 211°W. A sharp peak south of Mount Armytage, where it overlooks the north flank of Mawson Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by US-ACAN in 1964 for Lieutenant Willard E. Shultz, United States Navy, supply officer at McMurdo Station, 1962.

Beckett Nunatak

-76.0333°N 171°W. A flattish, mostly bare rock nunatak lying west of Mount Armytage and south of Harbord Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by US-ACAN in 1964 for W.T. Beckett, utilities man at McMurdo Station, 1963.

The Mitten

-75.9833°N 190°W. Bare flat-topped mountain, which resembles a mitten when viewed from above, standing northwest of Mount Armytage. Named by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1962-63) because of its shape.

Thumb Point

-75.9667°N 188°W. A rock spur extending from the northwest side of The Mitten, a butte in the Prince Albert Mountains. Named by the Southern Party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, because the feature resembles the thumb on a mitten.