Mount Olsen
Mount Olsen is a snow-covered peak standing 0.2 nautical miles east of Hayter Peak on Laurens Peninsula, in the northwest part of Heard Island. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hayter Peak and Gilchrist Aiguilles.
Hayter Peak
Peak
Hayter Peak is a peak, 565 meters high, standing 400 meters west of Mount Olsen along the back of the Laurens Peninsula and at the northwest end of Heard Island.
Gilchrist Aiguilles
Peak
Gilchrist Aiguilles is a series of sharp peaks close south of Mount Olsen on Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. Surveyed by ANARE in 1948. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Dr.
Jacka Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Heard Island and McDonald Islands in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laurens Peninsula and Rogers Head.
Laurens Peninsula
Locality
Laurens Peninsula is a rugged peninsula surmounted by several ice-covered peaks that forms the northwestern part of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Rogers Head
Locality
Rogers Head is a conspicuous headland marking the north extremity of the peninsula between Atlas Cove and Corinthian Bay on the north coast of Heard Island.
Corinth Head
Locality
Corinth Head is a rocky headland 0.5 nautical miles southeast of Rogers Head, overlooking the west side of Corinthian Bay, on the north side of Heard Island.
Mount Olsen
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 635 metres
- Description: mountain on Heard Island
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-53.01198° or 53° 0′ 43″ southLongitude
73.34089° or 73° 20′ 27″ eastElevation
635 metres (2,083 feet)Open location code
3JRMX8QR+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 2762334892OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Olsen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Olsen (tumoy sa bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Olsen”
- Chinese: “奧爾森山”
- Dutch: “Mount Olsen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت اولسين”
- German: “Mount Olsen”
- Ladin: “Mount Olsen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Olsen”
- Swedish: “Mount Olsen (bergstopp)”
- Swedish: “Mount Olsen”
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