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Mt Hope is the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory with 3.239 meters

Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 04:30 UTC
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Britain has a new highest mountain after new data showed measurements from old overland surveys were inaccurate. It was thought until this point that Mount Jackson was the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory at 3,184m above sea level. However, new satellite data by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) shows Mount Hope is the tallest mountain, at 3,239m. Read full article

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  • viejopatagon

    Where is this BAT? Never knew it existed. Do the Argentines accept it?

    Dec 14th, 2017 - 08:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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