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Mount Herschel

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Elevation
  
3,335 m

First ascender
  
Edmund Hillary

Mountain range
  
Admiralty Mountains

Parent range
  
Admiralty Mountains

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Location
  
Victoria Land, Antarctica

First ascent
  
1967 by Sir Edmund Hillary and party

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Mount Herschel is a conspicuous peak standing 2.6 km (1.6 mi) northeast of Mount Peacock and overlooking the terminus of Ironside Glacier from the south, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Map of Mount Herschel, Antarctica

The peak was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, who named this feature for Sir John F.W. Herschel, noted English astronomer.

References

Mount Herschel Wikipedia