Mount Ruth Gade
| Mount Ruth Gade | ||
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| height | 3515 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quarles Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Ruth Gade is a 3515 m high and pyramidal mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 5 km northeast of Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg in the Quarles Range .
The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen discovered him in November 1911 as part of his South Pole expedition (1910-1912) and named him after one of the daughters of the Norwegian diplomat Fredrik Herman Gade (1871-1943), a friend and supporter of Amundsen.
See also
Web links
- Mount Ruth Gade in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ruth Gade on geographic.org (English)