Mount Irving

Mount Irving is a mountain rising to ca. 1,950 metres (6,398 ft)[1][2] that is the dominant elevation on Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands. (Some older sources used to give the elevation as 2,300 metres (7,546 ft).[3][4]) The rounded, heavily glaciated mountain is situated in Urda Ridge occupying the southern part of the island. A prominent feature, the mountain doubtless was known to sealers in the area in the 1820s. It was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rear Admiral Sir Edmund George Irving, Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1960–66. First ascent by a team comprising Capt. Crispin Agnew, John Hult and George Bruce of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island on 6 December 1970.[1][5]

Mount Irving
Mount Irving Location in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	1,950 m (6,400 ft) [1][2]
Prominence	1,950 m (6,400 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	61°15′49.5″S 54°08′31″W [1]
Geography
Location	Clarence Island, Antarctica

Clarence Island seen from northeast with Mount Irving on the left.

See also

• List of Ultras of Antarctica

Notes

1. Mount Irving. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
2. South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
3. "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
4. "Mount Irving, Antarctica" on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
5. Agnew of Lochnaw yr, C.H. (1972). "Elephant Island" (PDF). Alpine Journal. 1972: 204–210.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Irving". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)