Mount Castro
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| Mount Castro | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range: | Palmer Land | ||
| Summit: | 5,348 feet 69°19’60"S, 66°4’0"W | ||
Mount Castro is a mountain of 5,348 feet high five nautical miles southeast of Mount Gilbert, in the central Antarctic Peninsula. It rises from the north side of Seller Glacier.
The mountain was photographed from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1937, and by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947. It was surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in December 1958.
The mountain was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for João de Castro, a Portuguese navigator who made pioneer experimental investigations of the variation of the magnetic compass.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Castro