Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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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