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Mount Absalom

Coordinates: 80°24′S 25°24′W / 80.400°S 25.400°W / -80.400; -25.400
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Mount Absalom
Map of Antarctica showing location of Mount Absalom
Map of Antarctica showing location of Mount Absalom
Mount Absalom
Location of Mount Absalom
Highest point
Coordinates80°24′S 25°24′W / 80.400°S 25.400°W / -80.400; -25.400
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
Parent rangeHerbert Mountains

Mount Absalom is the southernmost and highest (1,640 m) mountain of the Herbert Mountains, in the central part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) and named for Henry W.L. Absalom, a member of the Scientific Committee on the CTAE of 1955–58.

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