Esenintoppen
| Esenintoppen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 3 '6 " S , 14 ° 26' 0" E | |
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The Esenintoppen ( Norwegian ; Russian Гора Есенина Gora Jessenina ) is a mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Payer group of Hoelfjella, it rises on the south side of Skavlhø .
Russian scholars named it after the Russian poet Sergei Jessenin (1895–1925). Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute translated the Russian name into Norwegian in 1991.
Web links
- Esenintoppen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Esenintoppen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)