Mount Valhalla
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,627 metres
- Description: mountain in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Valhalla, Mount”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grendal, Mount and Siegfried Peak.
Grendal, Mount
Peak
The Horowitz Ridge is a rock ridge between David Valley and King Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Siegfried Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prospect Mesa and Jones Terrace.
Prospect Mesa
Locality
Prospect Mesa is a low mesa in Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica. It lies below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley. The name designates that it is part of the regional geological Prospect Formation.
Jones Terrace
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Jones Terrace is situated 9 km northeast of Mount Valhalla.
Vanda Station
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. Vanda Station is situated 9 km northwest of Mount Valhalla.
Mount Valhalla
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.57378° or 77° 34′ 26″ southLongitude
161.93856° or 161° 56′ 19″ eastElevation
1,627 metres (5,338 feet)Named after
ValhallaOpen location code
2VJ3CWGQ+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 7952800688OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6627325Wikidata ID
Q14950636
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Valhalla” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Valhalla”
- Chinese: “瓦爾哈拉山”
- Dutch: “Mount Valhalla”
- Dutch: “Valhalla”
- German: “Mount Valhalla”
- Ladin: “Mount Valhalla”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Valhalla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Valhalla”
- Swedish: “Mount Valhalla”
- Swedish: “Valhalla”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Boulder Pavement and Vanda Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Siegmund Peak and Odin, Mount.
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