Mount Elder


Mount Elder is a mountain lying between Endurance Glacier and Mount Pendragon on Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Captain John P. Elder, Royal Engineers, surveyor of the U.K. Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island in 1970–71.

Important Bird Area

A tract of ice-free land east of the mountain, extending for 4 km along the shoreline, has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 14,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins.