Amundsen Icefall
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 Map sheet with the upper part of the Axel-Heiberg-Glacier and the Amundsen Icefall |
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| location | Ross Dependency , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 28 ′ S , 166 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Axel Heiberg Glacier | |
The Amundsen Icefall is a steep and rugged glacial break in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains , it is part of the Axel Heiberg Glacier where that flows from the polar plateau between Mount Fridtjof Nansen and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–1962) named it after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), who had chosen the Axel Heiberg Glacier as the ascent route on his way to the geographic South Pole .
Web links
- Amundsen Icefall in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Amundsen Icefall on geographic.org (English)