Mount Bergen
| Mount Bergen | ||
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| height | 2110 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Bergen is a striking and 2110 m high mountain peak in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 3 km west of Mount Gran on the northern flank of the Mackay Glacier .
The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) carried out a geodetic survey of the summit in 1957 and named it after the Norwegian city of Bergen , the birthplace of Tryggve Gran , participant in the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913).
Web links
- Mount Bergen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bergen on geographic.org (English)