Mount Hypothesis

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast on Antarctic Peninsula

Mount Hypothesis (Bulgarian: връх Хипотеза, romanized: vrah Hipoteza, IPA: [ˈvrɤx xipoˈtɛzɐ]) is the mountain rising to 1094 m on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has precipitous and rocky north slopes, and surmounts Mundraga Bay on the east and south.

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

Location

Mount Hypothesis is located at 64°26′41″S 60°01′27″W / 64.44472°S 60.02417°W / -64.44472; -60.02417, which is 2.9 km southeast of Mount Elliott, 6.1 km northeast of Storgozia Nunatak and 5 km east of Zgorigrad Nunatak.

Maps

Notes

  1. ↑ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. p. 160
  2. ↑ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2022
  3. 1 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.