Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Mount Murchison


Elevation: 3,337 m

Named by James Hector in 1858. Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (Sir Murchison was a Scottish geologist who played a role in James Hector's appointment to the Palliser Expedition.) Official name.

First ascended in 1902 by J. Norman Collie, H.E.M. Stutfield, G.M. Weed, guided by Hans Kaufmann.