Mount Falla was sighted in January 1958 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956–58), and named for R.A. Falla, a member of the Ross Sea Committee.[1]
Location
Mount Falla is in the southwest of the Queen Alexandra Range, to the west of Mount Kirkpatrick and north of the Marshall Mountains.
Nearby features include Lamping Peak to the north of Prebble Glacier, Fremouw Peak and Golden Cap to the south of Prebble Glacier, and Gordon Valley, Mount Stonehouse and Buttress Peak to the southwest.[2]
84°14′S164°49′E / 84.233°S 164.817°E / -84.233; 164.817.
A rock peak standing between Prebble and Wyckoff Glaciers, on the western slopes of the Queen Alexandra Range.
Named by US-ACAN for John T. Lamping, USARP geomagnetist at South Pole Station, 1961.[4]
84°17′S164°20′E / 84.283°S 164.333°E / -84.283; 164.333.
A prominent peak, 2,550 metres (8,370 ft) high, forming the south side of the mouth of Prebble Glacier.
Named by US-ACAN for Edward J. Fremouw, USARP aurora scientist at South Pole Station, 1959.[5]
Golden Cap
84°20′S164°26′E / 84.333°S 164.433°E / -84.333; 164.433.
The highest peak, 2,870 metres (9,420 ft) high, on the ridge running northwest from Mount Falla, about midway between the latter mountain and Fremouw Peak in Queen Alexandra Range.
So named by the Ohio State University party to the Queen Alexandra Range (1966–67) because the peak consists mainly of a buff-weathering massive sandstone.[6]
84°27′S164°16′E / 84.450°S 164.267°E / -84.450; 164.267.
A conical rock peak, 2,950 metres (9,680 ft) high, the eastern part of which projects as a rock buttress into the head of Berwick Glacier, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Mount Stonehouse.
The descriptive name was given by NZGSAE, 1961-62.[9]
