Mount Baldr (Antarctica)
| Mount Valer | ||
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Baldr is a striking and 2200 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range, it looms west of Mount Thor and south of the Upper Wright Glacier .
Participants in a 1958-1959 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after the god Baldr from Germanic mythology.
Web links
- Mount Baldr in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Baldr on geographic.org (English)