Mount Normann
| Mount Normann | ||
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| height | 1238 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 51 ′ 5 ″ S , 36 ° 4 ′ 8 ″ W | |
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Mount Normann is a 1238 m high mountain in the southeast of South Georgia . It rises one mile north of Smaaland Cove .
The South Georgia Survey conducted surveys during its 1951–1957 campaign. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1958 after the German chemist Wilhelm Normann (1870-1939), whose fat hardening method, developed in 1901, was first used in 1907 to solidify whale oil .
Web links
- Mount Normann in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Normann on geographic.org (English)