Mount Nils
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 48 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Nils is a striking and icy mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 5 km south of Mount Christensen, immediately west of the Rayner Glacier .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 and 1957 were used for mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Nils Larsen (1900-1976), captain of the Norvegia on the third Antarctic voyage of this ship financed by the whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen (1929-1930).
Web links
- Mount Nils in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Nils on geographic.org (English)