Mount Hunter, Brabant Island
| Mount Hunter | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brabant Island | |||
| Summit: | 4,760 feet 64°3’48"S, 62°24’22"W | ||
Mount Hunter rises to about 4,760 feet on the Pasteur Peninsula of Brabant Island, amongst the Palmer Archipelago off the Danco Coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.
The mouintain was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Eexpedition of 1956-57. It was named in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, after John Hunter (1728-93), British surgeon, comparative anatomist and physiologist, who revolutionized the approach to surgery as an exact science in relation to other aspects of medicine; Surgeon General and Inspector General of Hospitals to the British Army, 1790-93. Mount Hunter was climbed by the Joint Serfvices Expedition to Brabant Island on 14 January 1984.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Hunter, Brabant Island