Nergaard grooves
| Nergaard grooves | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 2475 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Gagarin Mountains , Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 9 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
The Nergaardnunten is a 2,475 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In Gagarin Mountains of the Orvin Mountains it extends 5 km south of Nielsnapen on.
Norwegian cartographers mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). They named it after Niels Nergaard, scientific assistant on this expedition between 1956 and 1958.
Web links
- Nergaard Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nergaard Peak on geographic.org (English)