Mount Kropotkin
| Mount Kropotkin | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 6 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mount Kropotkin ( Russian Гора Кропоткина Gora Kropotkina ) is a mountain peak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains, it rises on the west side of Jøkulkyrkja .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition . Soviet scientists mapped it in 1961 and named it after the Russian geographer Pyotr Alexejewitsch Kropotkin (1842–1921). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1970.
Web links
- Mount Kropotkin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kropotkin on geographic.org (English)