Mount Krüger

Mount Krüger
Mount Krüger
Elevation 2,655 m (8,711 ft)
Location
Location Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Range Sverdrup Mountains
Coordinates 72°36′S 0°57′E / 72.6°S 0.95°E / -72.6; 0.95Coordinates: 72°36′S 0°57′E / 72.6°S 0.95°E / -72.6; 0.95

Mount Krüger, or Krügerfjellet, is a 2,655-metre (8,711 ft) mountain standing 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Kvitho Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.[1] The summit of Krüger is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mtns.[2]

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Discovery and naming

Mount Krüger was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for Walter Krüger, meteorological assistant on the expedition. It was surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952), led by John Schjelderup Giæver.[1]

See also

References

"Mount Krüger". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8255. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

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