Mount Sladen
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| Mount Sladen | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coronation Island | |||
| Summit: | 2,920 feet 60°40’59"S, 45°16’59"W | ||
Mount Sladen is a mountain with is its summit at 2,920 feet above sea level, standing to the north-east of Saunders Point, in the south-east of Coronation Island amongst the South Orkney Islands in the British Antarctic Territory.
The mountain was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy in 1948-49, and named after Dr William Joseph Lambart Sladen (b.1920), the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey medical officer and biologist, 'Hope Bay', 1948-49, and Signy, 1950-51, and later with the United States Antarctic Research Program in Ross Dependency. It was further surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy in 1956-58.
Location
- Location map: 60°40’59"S, 45°16’59"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Sladen