Amundsen Peak

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

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

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Place ID: 19372
Name ID: 137886

Feature type: Peak (2d)

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

Highest peak on Two Hummock Island, Gerlache Strait, Danco Coast.

Named For

Named after Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), Norwegian polar explorer, who was the leader of the expedition which first reached the South Pole in 1911, and first to fly across the North Pole by airship in 1926. Whilst he is usually associated with the Ross Sea area, Amundsen's first landing site in the Antarctic was on Moreno Rock (approximately 20 km east of Two Hummock Island) on 24 January 1898 during the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99), lead by Lieut. Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery.

Location

Latitude:
64° 07' 46.0" S
-64.12944°
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Longitude:
61° 42' 06.0" W
-61.70167°
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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 Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
9-Oct-2014

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