Mount Czegka
| Mount Czegka | ||
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| height | 2270 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 148 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Mount Czegka is 2270 m high mountain on the eastern flank of the Scott Glacier and just north of the mouth of Van Reeth Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains .
It was discovered in December 1934 by the geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) on the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Byrd named the mountain after Victor Hugo Czegka (1880-1973), participant in this and Byrd's first Antarctic expedition (1928-1930).
Web links
- Mount Czegka in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Czegka on geographic.org (English)