Mount Pálsson
| Mount Pálsson | ||
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| height | 1190 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 19 ′ 56 " S , 65 ° 30 ′ 33" W | |
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Mount Pálsson is a massive, striking and 1190 m high mountain on the Bowman coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises at the northern end of Whirlwind Inlet between the Flint and Demorest glaciers .
Aerial photos were taken during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 after the Icelandic naturalist Sveinn Pálsson (1762-1840), a pioneer of glaciology in Iceland .
Web links
- Mount Pálsson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Pálsson on geographic.org (English)