Lykketoppen
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 Map of Bouvet Island with the Lykketoppen |
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| height | 766 m | |
| location | Bouvet Island , South Atlantic | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 26 '10 " S , 3 ° 18' 49" E | |
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Lykketoppen ( Norwegian for Glücksgipfel ) is a 766 m high mountain in the southwest of Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic . It rises 1.5 km east of the Norvegiaodden headland .
It was first mapped during the Valdivia expedition (1898–1899) under the direction of the German zoologist Carl Chun . Participants in an expedition led by the Norwegian captain Harald Horntvedt (1879-1946) mapped him again in December 1927 and gave him his name.
Web links
- Lykke Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lykke Peak on geographic.org (English)