Mount Usborne
| Mount Usborne | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 705 m (2,313 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 705 m (2,313 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 51°41′30″S58°50′04″W/ 51.69167°S 58.83444°W |
| Geography | |
  Mount Usborne | |
| Parent range | Wickham Heights |
Mount Usborne(Spanish:Cerro Alberdi) is a mountain onEast Falkland.At 705 m (2,313 ft) above sea level, it is the highest point in theFalkland Islands.It is only 5 metres (16 ft) taller thanMount Adam,the highest peak onWest Falkland.
The mountain is referenced byCharles Darwinin Chapter 9 ofZoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.It is named after Alexander Burns Usborne,[2]master's assistant onHMSBeagle,the ship that took Darwin on his famous voyage.
As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced someglaciation.The remains of glacialcirquescan be seen on the mountain. The handful of Falklands mountains over 600 m (2,000 ft) have
... pronouncedcorrieswith smallglacial lakesat their bases,morainicridges deposited below the corries suggest that the glaciers andice domeswere confined to areas of maximum elevation with other parts of the islands experiencing a periglacial climate.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Mount Usborne, Falkland Islands".Peakbagger.Retrieved3 August2014.
- ^Alexander Burns Usborne
- ^Strange, Ian (1983)The Falkland Islands
Sources
[edit]- Stonehouse, B (ed.)Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans(2002,ISBN0-471-98665-8)
External links
[edit]- A Stroll up Mount Usborne
- Satellite picture of Mount Usborneat theWayback Machine(archived December 23, 2010)
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