Isachsen Mountain

Isachsen Mountain is a large mountain rising to 2,750 metres (9,020 ft),[1] standing 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Mount Bergersen in the Sør Rondane Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for Major Gunnar Isachsen, the leader with Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen of the Norwegian expedition 1930–31.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Isachsenfjella Norway Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. ↑ "Isachsen Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Isachsen Mountain" (content from the Geographic Names Information System). Coordinates: 72°11′S 26°15′E / 72.183°S 26.250°E