Hedden Berg
| Hedden Berg | ||
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| height | 1515 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sverdrupfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ S , 1 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Hedden Mountain is a 1,515 m high Nunatak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 1.5 km north of Mount Brattskarvet in Sverdrupfjella .
It was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . It is named after Karl Hedden, a sailor on board the expedition ship Schwabenland .
See also
Web links
- Mount Hedden in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hedden on geographic.org (English)