Mount Valkyrie
| Mount Valkyrie | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Valkyrie is a mountain with a summit of dolerite in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises from the south face of the Wright Valley between the Bartley and Meserve glaciers .
Scientists in a campaign run by Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions from 1958 to 1959 named it after the Valkyrie from Norse mythology .
Web links
- Mount Valkyrie in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Valkyrie on geographic.org (English)