Mount Nilsen
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Mount Nilsen is a peak
4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Mount Paterson
in the Rockefeller Mountains
, on Edward VII Peninsula
. Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for Captain Nilsen of the Norwegian whaler C.A. Larsen, which towed the City of New York
through the pack ice.
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...
4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Mount Paterson
Mount Paterson
Mount Paterson is a mountain, 2,195 m, standing 2 miles north-northwest of Mount Carse in the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named for Stanley B. Paterson, assistant surveyor of the SGS, 1955-56....
in the Rockefeller Mountains
Rockefeller Mountains
The Rockefeller Mountains are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow covered, standing 30 miles south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica....
, on Edward VII Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula
King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf, and forms part of the Ross Dependency...
. Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for Captain Nilsen of the Norwegian whaler C.A. Larsen, which towed the City of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
through the pack ice.