Mount_Hypothesis

Mount Hypothesis

Mount Hypothesis

Antarctic mountain

Mount Hypothesis (Bulgarian: връх Хипотеза, romanized: vrah Hipoteza,[1] IPA: [ˈvrɤx xipoˈtɛzɐ]) is the mountain rising to 1076 m on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has precipitous and rocky north slopes, and surmounts Mundraga Bay on the east and south.[2]

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast on Antarctic Peninsula

The feature is named in appreciation of the role of hypothesis in scientific research.[2]

Location

Mount Hypothesis is located at 64°26′41″S 60°01′27″W, which is 2.9 km southeast of Mount Elliott, 6.1 km northeast of Storgozia Nunatak and 5 km east of Zgorigrad Nunatak.

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

  1. [1]
    Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. p. 160
  2. [2]
    Mount Hypothesis. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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