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Mount Howard
Mount Howard is located in Antarctica
Mount Howard
Mount Howard
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation 1,460 m (4,790 ft)
Geography
Location Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range Prince Albert Mountains

Mount Howard (75°40′S 161°16′E / 75.667°S 161.267°E / -75.667; 161.267) is a dark, rounded mountain, 1,460 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Mount Joyce in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, which named it for Lord Howard de Walden who assisted Captain R.F. Scott in his experiments with sledges. The geographical feature lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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