Bergan Castle
| Bergan Castle | ||
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| height | 1590 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 35 ′ 29 " S , 21 ° 22 ′ 32" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Bergan Castle (English for Bergan burg ) is a 1590 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range, it rises south of Mount Dewar from the Shotton snowfield .
The United States Navy photographed him from the air in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after the Norwegian two-wheeler technician and inventor Ole Ferdinand Bergan (1876–1956), who developed a backpack frame patented in 1909 and founded the Bergans company.
Web links
- Bergan Castle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bergan Castle on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Bergans story on globetrotter-magazin.de (accessed on December 1, 2016).