Mount Wilhelm Christophersen
| Mount Wilhelm Christophersen | ||
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| height | 3389 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Wilhelm Christophersen is a 3389 m high, hilly and icy mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises 5 km south of Mount Engelstad on the edge of the polar plateau and towers above the southern flank of the Axel Heiberg Glacier .
The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen discovered and named it in 1911 during his South Pole expedition (1910–1912). It is named after the Norwegian diplomat and politician Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen (1832–1913), Norway's foreign minister from 1908 to 1910. There is a risk of confusion with the nearby Mount Don Pedro Christophersen .
Web links
- Mount Wilhelm Christophersen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wilhelm Christophersen on geographic.org (English)