Mount Kirkwood
| Mount Kirkwood | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Deception Island | |||
| Summit: | 1,510 feet 63°0’0"S, 60°39’-0"W | ||
Mount Kirkwood is a mountain of 1,510 feet on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, part of the British Antarctic Territory. It fills the southern part of the arc of Deception Island, its summit standing three miles west of Entrance Point, the southern headland guarding Neptune's Bellows.
Exploration, survey and naming
The mountain was first charted by a British expedition in 1828-31, under Foster. Following survey by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1948-49, it was called 'Mount David' after David Penfold, elder son of Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold of the Royal Navy (from whom Penfold Point is named): Lt-Cdr Penfold was in command of the survey. However in 1950 the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee chose the name 'Mount Kirkwood' after Commander Henry Kirkwood of the Royal Navy, Master of the John Biscoe in Antarctic waters, 1948-50.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Kirkwood