Mount Markham

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title: "Mount Markham" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-the-ross-dependency", "shackleton-coast", "four-thousanders-of-antarctica", "ultra-prominent-peaks-of-antartica"] description: "Mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-the-ross-dependency" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Markham" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica ::

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Field	Value
name	Mount Markham
elevation_m	4350
elevation_ref
prominence_m	2134
prominence_ref	{{Cite web
url	https://worldribus.org/transantarctic-mountains/
listing	Ultra, Ribu
range	Queen Elizabeth Range
location	Shackleton Coast, Antarctica
map	Antarctica
label_position	right
coordinates
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| name = Mount Markham | photo = | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 4350 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 2134 | prominence_ref = {{Cite web |title=World Ribus – Transantarctic Mountains |url=https://worldribus.org/transantarctic-mountains/|access-date=2024-12-26 |website=World Ribus}} | listing = Ultra, Ribu | range = Queen Elizabeth Range | location = Shackleton Coast, Antarctica | map = Antarctica | map_caption= | label_position = right | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Mount Markham () is a twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of the Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. The peaks have elevations of 4350 m and 4280 m.

Exploration and name

Mount Markham was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1904). It is named for Sir Clements Markham, who, as President of the Royal Geographical Society, planned the expedition and chose Robert Falcon Scott as its leader.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg" caption="Cotton Plateau in southwest of map"] ::

Mount Markham is in the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth Range. It is south of Mount Cara, east of the Frigate Range and the head of the Kent Glacier, and northeast of the Markham Plateau. Nearby features include Mount Lysaght to the north, Mount Katsufrakis to the south and Haven Hill, Mount Tedrow and Mount Predoehl to the east.

Nearby features

Markham Plateau

Mount Lysaght

Mount Korsch

Mount Katsufrakis

Haven Hill

Mount Tedrow

Mount Predoehl

References

Sources

• {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/antarctica.html |ref= |title=Antarctica Ultra-Prominences|website=peaklist.org|access-date=2011-12-24}}
• {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-03 |title=Nimrod Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

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