Mount Caroline Mikkelsen
| Mount Caroline Mikkelsen | ||
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| height | 235 m | |
| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 74 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Caroline Mikkelsen is a small mountain on the Ingrid Christensen coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It rises between the Hargreaves Glacier and the Polar Times Glacier on the southern foothills of Prydz Bay and 6 km north-northwest of Svarthausen . Despite its low height of only 235 m , it is the highest point in the wider area.
The Norwegian captain Klarius Mikkelsen (* 1887) discovered him on February 20, 1935 on his voyage with the whaling ship Thorshavn . Mikkelsen named him after his wife Caroline (* 1906, née Mandel), who accompanied him on this trip.
Web links
- Mount Caroline Mikkelsen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Caroline Mikkelsen on geographic.org (English)