Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Riiser-Larsen, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Riiser-Larsen (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:
A prominent peak of the Tula Mountains, on the eastern side of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Discovered on 13 or 14 January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31). Named lby Sir Douglas Mawson after Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, leader of a Norwegian expedition in the Norvegia (1929-30), which also explored the area. An ANARE party led by Phillip Law made a landing from a motor-launch at the foot of the mountain on 14 February, 1958.
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