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)
Caroline Mikkelsen, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Caroline Mikkelsen (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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:
The highest peak of the Munro Kerr Mountains at the head of Sandefjord Bay of the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land. It is about 235 m above sea level. The Munro Kerr Mountains were sighted and named by BANZARE (1929-31) during an aeroplane flight on 11 February, 1931. The mountain itself was discovered on 20 February, 1935, by a Norwegian whaling ship under Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen, who named it after his wife, who accompanied him on this expedition.
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