Mount Irving is a mountain rising to ca. that is the dominant elevation on Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. (Some older sources used to give the elevation as ."Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-09."Mount Irving, Antarctica" on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.) Recent research suggests a lower figure of 1772m. The rounded, heavily glaciated mountain is situated in Urda Ridge occupying the southern part of the island. A prominent feature, the mountain doubtless was known to sealers in the area in the 1820s. It was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rear Admiral Sir Edmund George Irving, Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1960–1966. First ascent by a team comprising Capt. Crispin Agnew, John Hult and Flight Sgt George Bruce BEM, RAF. of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island on 6 December 1970.

See also List of ultras of Antarctica

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