Mount Freya
| Mount Freya | ||
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| height | 2225 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Freya is a 2225 m high and prominent mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises east of Mount Thor .
Participants in a 1958 to 1959 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after the goddess Freya from Germanic mythology .
Web links
- Mount Freya in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Freya on geographic.org (English)