Mount Norvegia
| Mount Norvegia | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 1340 m | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 48 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
Mount Norvegia is an expansive, icy and 1340 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 10 km north of Mount Christensen .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 and 1957 were used for mapping. It is named after the research ship Norvegia , which operated off the coast of Enderbyland from December 1929 to January 1930 on an expedition financed by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen .
Web links
- Mount Norvegia in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Norvegia on geographic.org (English)