Name details

Mount Brøgger

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112879

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A flat topped mountain 1541m high, forming a part of the northern wall of the Cleveland Glacier. Approximately 20.8km northwest of Finger Point at Granite Harbour, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MC08

Named For

Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13, and named for Professor Waldemar C Brøgger, Norwegian geologist and mineralogist.

Location

Latitude:
76° 52' 04.7" S
-76.86798°
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Longitude:
161° 51' 29.6" E
161.85823°
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Altitude:
1541 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MC08 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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