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Mount Herschel
Mount
Herschel
is a
conspicuous
peak
standing northeast of
Mount Peacock
and overlooking the
terminus
of
Ironside Glacier
from the south
, in the
Admiralty Mountains
,
Victoria Land
,
Antarctica
.
The peak
was
discovered
in 1841 by
Sir James Clark Ross
, who named this
feature
for
Sir John
F.W. Herschel,
noted
English
astronomer
.