Mount Elizabeth
Antarctica map with Mount Elizabeth.
Highest point
Elevation4,480 m (14,700 ft)[1]
Prominence1,657 m (5,436 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates83°54′S 168°23′E / 83.900°S 168.383°E / -83.900; 168.383[1]
Geography
Mount Elizabeth is located in Antarctica
Mount Elizabeth
Mount Elizabeth

Mount Elizabeth is a massive ice-free mountain, 4,480 metres (14,700 ft) high, standing 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) south of Mount Anne in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton, a supporter of the expedition.[2]

Events

On 23 January 2013, C-GKBC (c/n:650), a Kenn Borek Air DHC-6 Twin Otter skiplane, with three Canadians on board, crashed onto Mount Elizabeth.[3][4] The Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) was detected on the same day.[5] The plane had been en route from the South Pole's Amundsen–Scott US station to Terra Nova Bay's Zucchelli Italian station, operating under the auspices of the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA).[3][6] The aircraft was found on 25 January 2013. It had impacted at the 4,000-metre (13,000 ft) level. The New Zealand helicopter rescue team which spotted the wreckage reported that the accident was not survivable.[4] Canada has jurisdiction in investigating the crash.[7] Recovery efforts were ended on 27 January, after having recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), due to unsafe conditions.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Elizabeth, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  3. 1 2 "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 C-GKBC Queen Alexandra Range". Aviation Safety Network. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Wreckage of missing plane found, crash deemed 'not survivable'". CTV News. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Un avion transportant trois Canadiens est disparu en Antarctique" (in French). Société Radio-Canada. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Flight carrying 3 Canadians missing in Antarctica". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Associated Press. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Plane crash deaths in Antarctica confirmed". The Australian. Surry Hills, New South Wales. AAP. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Officials halt efforts to recover bodies of Canadians in Antarctica crash". Global News. The Canadian Press. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.


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