# Mount Rabot > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Rabot > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Rabot.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rabot > Source revision: 1356081579 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Mountain in East Antarctica}} {{Infobox mountain | name = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | country_type = Continent | country = Antarctica | region = | parent = [Queen Elizabeth Range](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_Range_(Antarctica)) | borders_on = | geology = | age = | orogeny = | highest = | elevation_m = | elevation_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|83|11|S|161|17|E|name=Mount Rabot|display=it}} | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | map = Antarctica | map_size = | map_caption = }} '''Mount Rabot''' ({{coord|83|11|S|161|17|E|name=Mount Rabot}}) is a mountain, {{convert|3,335|m}} high, standing {{convert|3|nmi}} southeast of Mount Lecointe in the [Queen Elizabeth Range](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_Range_(Antarctica)) in Antarctica.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=601}} {{TOC limit|2}} ==Name== Mount Rabot was discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE; 1907-09). [Charles Rabot](/source/Charles_Rabot) was editor of ''La Géographie'', bulletin of the Société Geographique, Paris, and was an outstanding glaciologist of that period.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=601}} ==Location== {{geogroup}} thumb|Peletier Plateau in southwest of map Mount Rabot is in the center of the Queen Elizabeth Range, to the east of the [Marsh Glacier](/source/Marsh_Glacier) and west of the [Helm Glacier](/source/Helm_Glacier). The [Moore Mountains](/source/Moore_Mountains) and [Prince Andrew Plateau](/source/Prince_Andrew_Plateau) are to the south. [Markham Plateau](/source/Markham_Plateau) is to the north. Features near Mount Rabot include Solitary Peak to the south, Mount Counts and [Rabot Glacier](/source/Rabot_Glacier) to the west, Moody Nunatak, Bartrum Plateau and Mount Bonaparte to the northwest, Mount Lecointe to the north, Fopay Peak and Mount Macbain to the northeast.{{sfn|Mount Rabot USGS}} ==Features== ===Solitary Peak=== {{coord|83|14|S|161|40|E}}. A peak {{convert|2,810|m}} high located {{convert|4.5|nmi}} southeast of Mount Rabot. An important geologic section was measured on the feature by the Ohio State University Geological Party, 1967-68, which suggested the name because of the peak's relative isolation.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=692}} ===Mount Counts=== {{coord|83|11|S|160|26|E}}. A sharply pointed peak on the east side of Marsh Glacier marking the termination of the spur running west from Mount Rabot. Named by the [New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition](/source/New_Zealand_Geological_Survey_Antarctic_Expedition) (NZGSAE; 1961-62) for Lieutenant Commander William D. Counts, [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy), pilot on reconnaissance flights, killed in a Neptune plane crash at [Wilkes Station](/source/Wilkes_Station) in November 1961.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=156}} ===Moody Nunatak=== {{coord|83|07|S|159|30|E}}. A prominent isolated nunatak at the east side of Marsh Glacier, {{convert|4|nmi}} west of Bartrum Plateau. Named by the NZGSAE (1964-65) for Lieutenant D.M. Moody, pilot with United States Navy Squadron VX-6, who flew the southern party of NZGSAE in and out of the field.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=502}} ===Bartrum Plateau=== {{coord|83|06|S|160|06|E}}. An ice-covered plateau, {{convert|11|nmi}} long and {{convert|6|nmi}} wide, standing west of Mount Bonaparte. Named by the Northern Party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for geologist, Professor John Bartrum of Auckland University College.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=49}} ===Mount Bonaparte=== {{coord|83|05|S|160|50|E}}. A mountain, {{convert|3,430|m}} high, standing {{convert|4|nmi}} northwest of Mount Lecointe. Discovered by the BrAE (1907-09) under [Ernest Shackleton](/source/Ernest_Shackleton), and named for Prince [Roland Bonaparte](/source/Roland_Bonaparte), President of the Geographical Society of Paris.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=78}} ===Mount Lecointe=== {{coord|83|09|S|161|09|E}}. A conspicuous mountain, {{convert|3,620|m}} high, located {{convert|3|nmi}} northwest of Mount Rabot. Named by the BrAE (1907-09) for Lieutenant Georges Lecointe, who was second in command of the BelgAE (1897-99) under Gerlache.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=425}} ===Fopay Peak=== {{coord|83|03|S|161|47|E}}. A peak {{convert|5|nmi}} northwest of Mount Macbain, on the south side of [Cornwall Glacier](/source/Cornwall_Glacier_(Ross_Dependency)). Named by the United States [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) (US-ACAN) for Charles F. Fopay, Weather Central Meteorologist at Little America V, 1958.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=250}} ===Crowell Buttresses=== {{coord|83|03|S|162|30|E}}. A series of high snow and rock buttresses, {{convert|10|nmi}} long, forming the north wall of Cornwall Glacier for a distance of {{convert|5|nmi}} and then trending northeast an equal distance along the west side of [Lowery Glacier](/source/Lowery_Glacier). Named by US-ACAN after John T. Crowell (d. 1986), who served with the National Science Foundation as Antarctic Vessel Project Officer, 1960-63, and Special Projects Officer, 1963-69. He led a reconnaissance party to the [Antarctic Peninsula](/source/Antarctic_Peninsula) in January 1963 to investigate the location for a U.S. station in the peninsula area.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=164}} ===Mount Macbain=== {{coord|83|06|S|162|18|E}}. A prominent mountain, {{convert|2,205|m}} high, standing between the mouths of Cornwall Glacier and Helm Glacier. Named by the US-ACAN for Commander Merle Macbain, United States Navy, Public Information Officer, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during United States Navy OpDFrz III and IV, 1957-58 and 1958-59.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=451}} ==References== {{reflist|25em}} ==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{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}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}} *{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C83165s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Rabot.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-03 |title=Mount Rabot |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref={{harvid|Mount Rabot USGS}} }} {{refend}} *{{Include-USGov |agency=United States Geological Survey}} Rabot Category:Shackleton Coast --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mount Rabot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rabot) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rabot?action=history)). 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