Other grooves
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| height | 2135 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Holtedahlfjella in the Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 45 '0 " S , 9 ° 1' 0" O | |
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The Andersnuten ( English Anders Peak ) is a 2135 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in Holtedahlfjella 1.5 km south of the Gruvletindane rock formation .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain using aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). Namesake is Anders Vinten-Johansen, medical officer of the research trip. In Russia , the mountain is also known as the Girewspitze ( Russian Пік Гирев ). It is named after Dmitri Girew (1888–1932), dog handler on the British Terra Nova expedition (1910–1913).
Web links
- In other peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anders Peak on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 53 (English).