Mount Grendal
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Mount Grendal is a peak
rising to 2,000 m between the heads of Valhalla Glacier
and Conrow Glacier
in the Asgard Range
, Victoria Land
. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey
(USGS) in 1962 from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1947-59. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) in 1983 from association with Mount Beowulf
after Grendal (Grendel), the monster in the Old English epic poem Beowulf.
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...
rising to 2,000 m between the heads of Valhalla Glacier
Valhalla Glacier
Valhalla Glacier is a small glacier in the Asgard Range located between Mount Valhalla and Conrow Glacier. It flows part way down the north wall of the range toward Wright Valley. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in...
and Conrow Glacier
Conrow Glacier
Conrow Glacier is a small glacier, next westward of Bartley Glacier, that drains north from the Asgard Range partway down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. It was named by Roy E. Cameron, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program biological party to the area in 1966–67,...
in the Asgard Range
Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It dividies Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods....
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) in 1962 from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1947-59. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) in 1983 from association with Mount Beowulf
Mount Beowulf
Mount Beowulf is a peak rising to about at the southeast side of Mime Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1962 from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken between 1947 and 1959. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names...
after Grendal (Grendel), the monster in the Old English epic poem Beowulf.