Anders Peak
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Anders Peak is a peak
2135 metre high, rising 1 miles (1.6 km) south of the Gruvletindane Crags
of the Holtedahl Peaks
, in the Orvin Mountains
of Queen Maud Land
. It was mapped by Norwegian
cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–60, and named for Anders Vinten-Johansen, medical officer with the expedition, 1957–58.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
2135 metre high, rising 1 miles (1.6 km) south of the Gruvletindane Crags
Gruvletindane Crags
Gruvletindane Crags is a rock crags, rising to 2,255 m and forming the north end of the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition and named Gruvletindane. The feature is bounded on the western side by a large and prominent glacial...
of the Holtedahl Peaks
Holtedahl Peaks
Holtedahl Peaks is a group of peaks and ridges lying northward of Steinskaret Gap and forming the northern portion of the Kurze Mountains, in Queen Maud Land...
, in the Orvin Mountains
Orvin Mountains
The Orvin Mountains constitute a major group of mountain ranges, extending for about 65 miles between the Wohlthat Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land...
of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. It was mapped by Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...
, 1956–60, and named for Anders Vinten-Johansen, medical officer with the expedition, 1957–58.