Mount Usborne
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Mount Usborne (Template:Langx) is a mountain on East Falkland. At Template:Cvt above sea level, it is the highest point in the Falkland Islands. It is only Template:Convert taller than Mount Adam, the highest peak on West Falkland.
The mountain is referenced by Charles Darwin in Chapter 9 of Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. It is named after Alexander Burns Usborne,[1] master's assistant on Template:HMS, the ship that took Darwin on his famous voyage.
As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The remains of glacial cirques can be seen on the mountain. The handful of Falklands mountains over Template:Cvt have
References
Sources
- Stonehouse, B (ed.) Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans (2002, Template:ISBN)
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