Gjelsvik Peak
| Gjelsvik Peak | ||
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| height | 3660 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Gjelsvik Peak is a 3,660 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises 4 km northwest of Mount Fridtjof Nansen .
The southern group of a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , which lasted from 1961 to 1962, named it after the Norwegian geologist Tore Gjelsvik (1916–2006), the director of the Norwegian Polar Institute in Oslo from 1960 to 1983.
Web links
- Gjelsvik peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gjelsvik Peak on geographic.org (English)