Mosbytoppen
| Mosbytoppen | ||
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 Map of Bouvet Island with the Mosbytoppen |
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| height | 670 m | |
| location | Bouvet Island , South Atlantic | |
| Mountains | Mosbytoppane | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 25 ′ 44 ″ S , 3 ° 18 ′ 3 ″ E | |
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The Mosbytoppen ( Norwegian ) is a 670 m high and snowy mountain in the west of Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic . It rises 1.1 km northeast of the headland Norvegiaodden .
Participants in an expedition led by the Norwegian captain Harald Horntvedt (1879-1946) mapped him in December 1927 and gave him his name. It is named after the Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist Håkon Mosby (1903–1989), a member of the expedition.
Web links
- Mosby Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mosby Peak on geographic.org (English)