| Mount Usborne | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 705 m (2,313 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 705 m (2,313 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | none – Highest peak on theFalkland Islands |
| Isolation | 507.9 km (315.6 mi) |
| Coordinates | 51°41′30″S58°50′04″W / 51.69167°S 58.83444°W /-51.69167; -58.83444 |
| Geography | |
  Mount Usborne | |
| Parent range | Wickham Heights |
Mount Usborne (Spanish:Cerro Alberdi) is a mountain onEast Falkland. At 705 m (2,313 ft) above sea level, it is the highest point in theFalkland Islands. It is 5 metres (16 ft) taller thanMount Adam, the highest peak onWest Falkland.
The mountain is referenced byCharles Darwin in Chapter 9 ofZoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. It is named after Alexander Burns Usborne,[2] master's assistant onHMS Beagle, the ship that took Darwin on his voyage.
As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced someglaciation. The remains of glacialcirques can be seen on the mountain. The handful of Falklands mountains over 600 m (2,000 ft) have
... pronouncedcorries with smallglacial lakes at their bases,morainic ridges deposited below the corries suggest that the glaciers andice domes were confined to areas of maximum elevation with other parts of the islands experiencing a periglacial climate.[3]
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