Mount Buckley () is an ice-free peak, high, which is the central and highest summit of Buckley Island, a mountain massif at the head of Beardmore Glacier. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for George Buckley of New Zealand, a supporter of the expedition.

Further reading

David J. Cantrill, Imogen Poole, The Vegetation of Antarctica Through Geological Time, P 8 M.J. Hambrey, P.F. Barker, P.J. Barrett, V. Bowman, B. Davies, J.L. Smellie, M. Trantern, Antarctic Palaeoenvironments and Earth-Surface Processes, P 68 Nicholas O'Flaherty, Finding the oldest forest fossils in Antarctica - 280 million years old!, 1 February 2018

Mount Buckley

External links

Mount Buckley on USGS website

Mount Buckley on the Antarctica New Zealand Digital Asset Manager website

Mount Buckley on SCAR website

References

Mountains of the Ross Dependency

Shackleton Coast

Mount Buckley