Amundsen, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Amundsen (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A notable nunatak rising through the ice-cap to a height of about 1445 metres abouve sea level, about 20 kilometres NE of Mt. Sandow on the eastern side of the Denman Glacier. In Wilkes Land; in about 67°13"S, 100°43"E. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14).
Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Polar explorer and first person to reach the South Pole.
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