Grytøyrfjellet
| Grytøyrfjellet | ||
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| height | 2695 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Gablenz Ridge in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 4 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Grytøyrfjellet is a massive, 2,695 m high mountain with ice-covered peak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises between the Flogeken glacier and the Stuttflogbreen in the Gablenz ridge of the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after the Norwegian meteorologist Bjørn Grytøyr (* 1933), who participated in this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Grytøyr in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Grytøyr on geographic.org (English)