Mount Adam, Falkland Islands
Mount Adam (Spanish: "Monte Independencia/Monte Beaufort") is a mountain on West Falkland, part of the Hill Cove Mountains range. It is the highest mountain on West Falkland and is the second highest in the islands.[2] It has the remains of glacial cirques on it, and is of similar height to Mount Usborne on East Falkland. Its summit is at 2,300 feet (700 m).[3] It is south west of Mount Edgeworth. The closest settlements are Hill Cove to the North, and Chartres to the South.
| Mount Adam | |
|---|---|
  Mount Adam | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,290 ft (700 m) [1] |
| Prominence | 2,290 ft (700 m) [1] |
| Coordinates | 51°35′06″S 60°02′04″W [1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | West Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean |
| Parent range | Hill Cove Mountains |
As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The handful of mountains over 2,000 feet (610 m) have:
- "pronounced corries with small glacial lakes at their bases, morainic ridges deposited below the corries suggest that the glaciers and ice domes were confined to areas of maximum elevation with other parts of the islands experiencing a periglacial climate"[4]
References
- "Mount Adam". Peakbagger.com.
- (dead link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2010-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Strange, Ian (1983) The Falkland Islands
- Stonehouse, B (ed.) Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans (2002, ISBN 0-471-98665-8)
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