Mount Widerøe

Mount Widerøe (72°08′S 23°30′E) is a large mountain rising to 2,994 m[1] between Mount Walnum and Mount Nils Larsen in the Sør Rondane Mountains on the continent of Antarctica.

Discovery and naming

Mount Widerøe was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named for Viggo Widerøe, airplane pilot of this expedition. It was remapped by the Norwegians in 1957 from air photos taken on USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47.[2]

Features

Vengen Spur is a rocky spur projecting north from the east part of Mount Widerøe. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Vengen (the wing).

See also

• List of mountains of Queen Maud Land

References

1. Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: "Widerøefjellet"
2. USGS GNIS: Mount Widerøe

"Mount Widerøe". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 31 May 2010.

External links

• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Widerøe". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Vengen Spur". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)