Mount Nygren
| Mount Nygren | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 8 '47 " S , 63 ° 47' 54" W | |
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Mount Nygren is a 1000 m high and particularly pointed mountain on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It projects a pyramid-shaped in appearance nunataks midst of Hotine Glacier on Kiev Peninsula on.
Aerial photos of the mountain were taken in 1969 by the United States Navy's VXE-6 squadron . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren (1924-2019), director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps 1970-1981, the 1961 as a scientific observer to oceanographic studies in until 1962 British Antarctic Survey was active .
Web links
- Mount Nygren in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Nygren on geographic.org (English)