Mikkelsen Peak
| Mikkelsen Peak | ||
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| height | 420 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Scullin monolith | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 47 '12 " S , 66 ° 44' 8" O | |
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The Mikkelsen Peak is 420 m (according to Australian data 443 m ) the highest peak of the Scullin Monolith on the coast of the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . It is 6 km west of Torlyn Mountain .
Now known as the Scullin monolith rock formation has been mapped January-February 1931 by Norwegian whalers, who by Klarius Mikkelsen (* 1887), captain of the whaling ship Torlyn as Klarius Mikkelsenfjell named. This name was retained in its current form for the object described here.
Web links
- Mikkelsen Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mikkelsen Peak on geographic.org (English)