Mount Kibal'chich
| Mount Kibal'chich | ||
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| height | 2500 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 14 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Kibal'chich ( Russian Гора Кибальчича , transcribed Gora Kibaltschitscha ; Norwegian Kibal'chichtoppen ) is a 2500 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Payer group of Hoelfjella , it is the highest peak in the Kvævenutane group .
The mountain was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Another mapping was carried out during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). During a research trip that lasted from 1960 to 1961, Soviet scientists carried out a new mapping and named it after the Russian revolutionary Nikolai Ivanovich Kibaltschitsch (1854-1881). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian name into English in 1970.
Web links
- Mount Kibal'chich in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kibal'chich on geographic.org (English)