Name details

Mount Prestrud

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130346

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A peak over 2,400 m which rises from the southwestern part of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely positioned by the South Pole Party under Roald Amundsen. Amundsen named one of them for Lt. K. Prestrud, first officer of the Fram and leader of the Norwegian expedition's Eastern Sledge Party to the Scott Nunataks. The peak described was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-64. For the sake of historical continuity, the US-ACAN has selected this feature to be designated Mount Prestrud.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
86° 34' 00.0" S
-86.56667°
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Longitude:
165° 07' 00.0" W
-165.11667°
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Altitude:
2400 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1950

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