Mount Kristensen
| Mount Kristensen | ||
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| height | 3460 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Kristensen is a 3460 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 3 km southeast of Lindstrøm Peak on the west side of the Nilsen Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1967 after Halvardus Kristensen (1879-1919), sailor and later third mechanic aboard the Fram at the South Pole Expedition (1910-1912) of the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen . The committee thus preserved Amundsen's designation of an unidentifiable Mount H. Kristensen in this area.
Web links
- Mount Kristensen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kristensen on geographic.org (English)