Mount Sandved
| Mount Sandved | ||
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| height | 2440 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Sandved is a 2440 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 3 km north of Mount Dougherty in the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own tellurometer measurements and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years between 1960 and 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Kurt George Sandved (1929–1993), information manager in the office of National Science Foundation polar program .
Web links
- Mount Sandved in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Sandved on geographic.org (English)