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News Round Up 275
IT appears that Britain has a ‘new tallest mountain’.
According to the BBC, Mt Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed by the UK, has been re-measured and found to higher than the previous title holder, Mt Jackson.
Hope is now put at 3,239m (10,626ft); Jackson is 3,184m (10,446ft).
“In Antarctica there are no roads, so to get around you have to fly planes. And if you’re flying planes you really need to know where the mountains are and how high they are,” explained Dr Peter Fretwell, from the British Antarctic Survey.”