Mount Hancox

Mount Hancox is a prominent mountain, 3,245 metres (10,650 ft) high, about 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Mount Burton, rising above the north margin of Malta Plateau in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Mariner Glacier geology party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1966–67, for G.T. Hancox, senior geologist with the party in this area.[1]

Mount Hancox
Highest point
Elevation3,245 m (10,646 ft)
Coordinates72°38′S 166°59′E 
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeMalta Plateau in the Victory Mountains

References
  1. "Hancox, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

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