Mount Wendland
| Mount Wendland | ||
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| height | 1650 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 175 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Wendland is a 1650 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 3 km northeast of Mount Kenney at the head of the Massam Glacier in the Prince Olav Mountains .
The mountain was mapped on November 18, 1970 by a team from Ohio State University who worked in the area for the United States Antarctic Research Program from 1970 to 1971 . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after the geologist Vaughn P. Wendland (* 1948), a member of the team.
Web links
- Mount Wendland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wendland on geographic.org (English)