Mount Alice Gade
| Mount Alice Gade | ||
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| height | 3400 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Alice Gade is a more than 3400 m high and mostly icy mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It marks the northeastern end of the Rawson Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains .
The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen discovered him in November 1911 as part of his South Pole expedition (1910-1912) and named him after one of the daughters of the Norwegian diplomat Fredrik Herman Gade (1871-1943), a friend and supporter of Amundsen.
See also
Web links
- Mount Alice Gade in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Alice Gade on geographic.org (English)