Mount Grieg
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 Topographic map sheet (1: 250,000) with the Beethoven peninsula and Mount Grieg on it (middle right) |
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| height | 800 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 34 '4 " S , 73 ° 11' 21" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Grieg is a snow-covered and around 800 m high mountain in the southwest of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises with rocky outcrops on its western flank above the south-eastern part of Brahms Inlet on the Beethoven peninsula .
A number of mountains in the area appear for the first time on maps that were created during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition . The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 mapped Mount Grieg , which is one of these, using aerial photographs that were also taken during this research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain on March 2, 1961 after the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907).
Web links
- Mount Grieg in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Grieg on geographic.org (English)