Mount Fridtjof Nansen
| Mount Fridtjof Nansen | ||
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 Mount Fridtjof Nansen, photographed by Roald Amundsen in November 1911 |
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| height | 4070 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Fridtjof Nansen is the highest mountain of the Queen Maud Mountains in the Antarctic Ross Dependency with a height of 4070 m . It dominates the area between the heads of the Strøm and Axel-Heiberg glaciers . It also flanks the Liv glacier to the east, not far from the polar plateau.
The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen discovered the mountain in November 1911 while marching to the geographic South Pole as part of his Antarctic expedition (1910–1912). Amundsen named him after his compatriot Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), who supported Amundsen's expedition.
Web links
- Mount Fridtjof Nansen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Fridtjof Nansen on geographic.org (English)