Name details

Frigga Peak

Frigga Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Frigga Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108925

Feature type: Peak

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to 1570m between Anderson Glacier and Sleepnir Glacier, Foyn Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1947; in association with Mount Odin (q.v.), named after the Norse goddess Frigga, the "cloud spinner", because cloud was observed to form on the summit of this peak earlier than on any other feature in the vicinity (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.10; DCS 601 sheet 66 62, 1955). Pico Frigga (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957). Montaña Newbery, so called by AAE after Dr Eduardo Newbery, a pioneer of Argentine aviation (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter N).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 25' 00.0" S
-66.41667°
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Longitude:
64° 00' 00.0" W
-64.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jan-1951

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