Mount Parry

Mountain in Antarctica
Mount Parry is located in Antarctica
Mount Parry
Mount Parry
Location in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Highest pointElevation2,520 m (8,270 ft)[1]Prominence2,520 m (8,270 ft)[1]ListingUltraCoordinates64°16′S 62°25′W / 64.267°S 62.417°W / -64.267; -62.417[1]GeographyLocationBrabant Island, AntarcticaClimbingFirst ascent30 October 1984[2]

Mount Parry is a mountain in Stribog Mountains, Antarctica (within the claims of the United Kingdom, Argentina and Chile.) with an elevation of 2,520 metres (8,268 ft).[3] Mount Parry rises eastward of Minot Point and dominates the central portion of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It has steep and partly ice-free north and west slopes, and surmounts Djerassi Glacier to the north-northwest, Mackenzie Glacier to the east, Balanstra Glacier to the south-southeast and Pirogov Glacier to the southwest.

Mount Parry was first ascended by the British Joint Services Expedition led by John Furse on 30 October 1984.[2]

Etymology

The peak appears to have been named by Captain Henry Foster, Royal Navy, of the Chanticleer expedition in 1829 and since has gained international usage.

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
  • Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

Gallery

See also

Further reading

  • Damien Gildea, Antarctic Peninsula - Mountaineering in Antarctica: Travel Guide
  • William James Mills, Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, P 99

External links

  • Mount Parry on USGS website
  • Mount Parry on SCAR website
  • Mount Parry on peakbagger website
  • Mount Parry on mountain-forecast website
  • skying down Mount Parry on YouTube

References

  1. ^ a b c "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  2. ^ a b William J. Mills. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO, 2003. p. 99.
  3. ^ "Mount Parry, Antarctica" on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-08.

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