Mount Brøgger

Mount Brøgger (76°52′S 161°48′E / 76.867°S 161.800°E / -76.867; 161.800Coordinates: 76°52′S 161°48′E / 76.867°S 161.800°E / -76.867; 161.800) is a mountain, 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high, which forms part of the north wall of Cleveland Glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Referring Peak, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, which named it for Professor Waldemar C. Brøgger, a Norwegian geologist and mineralogist.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Brøgger, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-09-16.

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