Antarctica

Nansen, Mount

Mount Nansen is a prominent mountain, surmounting the steep eastern escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, 17 km south of , in . Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, and named for Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer from whom Capt.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,740 metres
  • Description: mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount Nansen”

Nansen, Mount

Latitude
-74.55085° or 74° 33′ 3″ south
Longitude
162.59451° or 162° 35′ 40″ east
Elevation
2,740 metres (8,990 feet)
Named after
Fridtjof Nansen
Open location code
2VQ4CHXV+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109025293
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6622064
Wiki­data ID
Q1950619
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Nansen, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Nansen mendia (Antartika)”
  • Basque: “Nansen mendia”
  • Cebuano: “Nansen”
  • Chinese: “南森山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Nansen”
  • Dutch: “Nansen”
  • French: “mont Nansen”
  • French: “Mont Nansen”
  • German: “Mount Nansen”
  • Ladin: “Mount Nansen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Nansen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Nansen i Antarktis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Nansen”
  • Russian: “Гора Нансена”
  • Swedish: “Mount Nansen”
  • Swedish: “Nansen (berg)”

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