Mount Fleming

Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureMountainNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag^[1]PositionDescriptionA high mountain at the head of the Wright Valley on the south side of the Upper Wright glacier, and about 3 miles north-east of Horseshoe Mountain. Named by the Northern Survey Party of the NZTAE, 1956-58, who established a survey station on its summit on 27 December 1957. It was named for Dr C A Fleming, Senior Paleontologist of the NZ Geological Survey and Chairman of the Royal Society's Antarctic Research Committee. Fossils from this mountain are among those whose descriptions by specialist was arranged for by Dr Fleming.

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Margaret Bradshaw Collecting Mail from Helicopter at Mt. Fleming Camp

Mount Fleming

Fossil Fish Plate in Devonian Rocks

Telephoto of Wright Upper Glacier and Mt Fleming from Lower Wright Valley

Mt Fleming from Mt Jason along Olympus Range

Upper Wright Glacier from Mt Fleming Dry Valleys

Changing the battery and downloading data at the Mt. Fleming soil climate station.

Downloading data at the Mt. Fleming soil climate station

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Mount Fleming