Brunhilde Peak
| Brunhilde Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Brunhilde Peak is a rocky mountain peaks of the Asgard Range in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It looms between the upper reaches of Donner Valley and the Sykes Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1972 after Brünhild , mythological queen of Iceland and wife of the Burgundian king Gunther from the Nibelungenlied .
Web links
- Brunhilde Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brunhilde Peak on geographic.org (English)