Name details

Mount Bjaaland

Bjaaland, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Bjaaland  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112805

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

One of a group of low-lying peaks barely projectig through the icecap covering the South Polar Plateau, rising to an altitude of 3261m about 25 miles south-west of the Thorvald Nilsen Mountain massif, in the Queen Maud Range. Discovered by Amundsen in November 1911 on his journey to the South Pole and named for Olaf Bjaaland, a member of the South Polar Party.

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Location

Latitude:
86° 33' 00.0" S
-86.55000°
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Longitude:
164° 14' 00.0" W
-164.23333°
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Altitude:
3261 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Approval status

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