Idun Peak
| Idun Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Idun Peak is a small mountain peaks of the Asgard Range in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It looms between Mount Thundergut and Veli Peak .
Following a joint proposal by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee , it has been named after Idun , goddess of youth and immortality from Norse mythology, since 1976 .
Web links
- Idun peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Idun Peak on geographic.org (English)