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Mount Humphrey Lloyd
Mount Humphrey Lloyd is located in Antarctica
Mount Humphrey Lloyd
Mount Humphrey Lloyd
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation 2,975 m (9,760 ft)
Geography
Location Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range Admiralty Mountains, divide between the Towles Glacier and the Manhaul Glacier

Mount Humphrey Lloyd is a conspicuous mountain, 2,975 metres (9,760 ft) high, which forms a substantial part of the divide between the heads of Towles Glacier and Manhaul Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross. He named this feature for the Rev. Dr. Humphrey Lloyd of Trinity College, Dublin, an active member of the British Association which promoted interest in magnetic and meteorological research in the Antarctic.

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