Mount Hoegh
| Mount Hoegh | ||
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| height | 890 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 49 ′ 48 ″ S , 62 ° 46 ′ 38 ″ W | |
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Mount Hoegh is a 890 m high mountain on the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 2.5 km south-southeast of Duthiers Point .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the German optician Emil von Höegh (1865-1915) who developed the first double anastigmant in 1892 .
Web links
- Mount Hoegh in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hoegh on geographic.org (English)