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Mount Falla

Mount Falla is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mount Falla rather than just read about it. In short: Mount Falla 84°22′S 164°55′E is a prominent conical mountain, 3,825 metres (12,549 ft) high, standing 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) northeast of Mount Stonehouse, between Berwick and Prebble Glaciers. Exploration and name Mount Falla was sighted in January 1958 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956–58), and named for R.A.

Key takeaways

Mount Falla belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mount Falla to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mount Falla from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Exploration and name Mount Falla was sighted in January 1958 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956–58), and named for R.A. Falla, a member of the Ross Sea Committee.

Location Mount Falla is in the southwest of the Queen Alexandra Range, to the west of Mount Kirkpatrick and north of the Marshall Mountains. Nearby features include Lamping Peak to the north of Prebble Glacier, Fremouw Peak and Golden Cap to the south of Prebble Glacier, and Gordon Valley, Mount Stonehouse and Buttress Peak to the southwest.

Features Nearby features include:

Hanson Spur 84.3666667°S 164.7333333°E / -84.3666667; 164.7333333. A flat-topped ridge, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long, trending northwest from Mount Falla. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1995 after Richard E. Hanson, geologist, Ohio State University, who conducted field research in this area, 1990-91.

Lamping Peak 84°14′S 164°49′E. A rock peak standing between Prebble and Wyckoff Glaciers, on the western slopes of the Queen Alexandra Range. Named by US-ACAN for John T. Lamping, USARP geomagnetist at South Pole Station, 1961.

Fremouw Peak

84°17′S 164°20′E. A prominent peak, 2,550 metres (8,370 ft) high, forming the south side of the mouth of Prebble Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Edward J. Fremouw, USARP aurora scientist at South Pole Station, 1959.

Golden Cap 84°20′S 164°26′E. The highest peak, 2,870 metres (9,420 ft) high, on the ridge running northwest from Mount Falla, about midway between the latter mountain and Fremouw Peak in Queen Alexandra Range. So named by the Ohio State University party to the Queen Alexandra Range (1966–67) because the peak consists mainly of a buff-weathering massive sandstone.

Gordon Valley

84°23′S 164°00′E. A small valley, the western half of which is occupied by a lobe of ice from Walcott Névé, lying west of Mount Falla. Named by US-ACAN after Mark A. Gordon, USARP aurora scientist at Hallett Station, 1959.

Mount Stonehouse 84°24′S 164°24′E. A peak, 2,900 metres (9,500 ft) high, standing 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) southwest of Mount Falla. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) for Bernard Stonehouse who has made studies of Antarctic penguins and seals.

Buttress Peak 84°27′S 164°16′E. A conical rock peak, 2,950 metres (9,680 ft) high, the eastern part of which projects as a rock buttress into the head of Berwick Glacier, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Mount Stonehouse. The descriptive name was given by NZGSAE, 1961-62.

References

Sources

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mount Falla

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mount Falla claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mount Falla before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mount Falla ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mount Falla

In research: Mount Falla appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mount Falla in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mount Falla is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Four-thousanders of Antarctica, Mountains of the Ross Dependency, Paleontological sites of Antarctica, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mount Falla outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mount Falla in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Mount Falla in simple terms?

Mount Falla 84°22′S 164°55′E is a prominent conical mountain, 3,825 metres (12,549 ft) high, standing 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) northeast of Mount Stonehouse, between Berwick and Prebble Glaciers. Exploration and name Mount Falla was sighted in January 1958 by the New Zealand party of the…

Why does Mount Falla matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mount Falla?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mount Falla.