Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg
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Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg is an ice-covered mountain
between Cooper Glacier
and Bowman Glacier
, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Ruth Gade
in the Quarles Range
. Discovered in December 1911 by Roald Amundsen
, and named by him for Alice Wedel-Jarlsberg (1861–1913), first wife of Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg
(1855-1942), a Norwegian diplomat.
Mountain
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between Cooper Glacier
Cooper Glacier
Cooper Glacier is a tributary glacier, long, flowing northeast between Butchers Spur and the Quarles Range to enter the south side of Axel Heiberg Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on several plane flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929, and...
and Bowman Glacier
Bowman Glacier
Bowman Glacier is a deeply entrenched glacier, long, descending the polar plateau between Quarles Range and Rawson Plateau of the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just west of the flow of Amundsen Glacier. It was discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition...
, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Ruth Gade
Mount Ruth Gade
Mount Ruth Gade is a pyramidal mountain, 3,515 m, standing 3 nautical miles northeast of Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg in the Quarles Range, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by Captain Roald Amundsen, and named by him for one of the daughters of the Norwegian minister to Brazil, a strong...
in the Quarles Range
Quarles Range
Quarles Range is a high and rugged range of the Queen Maud Mountains, extending from the polar plateau between Cooper and Bowman Glaciers and terminating near the edge of Ross Ice Shelf. Peaks in the range were first sighted by Captain Roald Amundsen in 1911, and the range was mapped in detail by...
. Discovered in December 1911 by Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
, and named by him for Alice Wedel-Jarlsberg (1861–1913), first wife of Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg
Baron Frederik Hartvig Herman Wedel Jarlsberg was a Norwegian aristocrat, jurist, and diplomat, as well as a Danish baron. Earlier, his family were in Norway officially recognised as barons...
(1855-1942), a Norwegian diplomat.
Other sources
- Amundsen, O. DelphinOtto Delphin AmundsenOtto Delphin Amundsen was a Norwegian genealogist.He was born in Kristiania. He was an engineer by profession, but is best known for working on the history of indivuduals and families. He issued ahnentafels of the families Arentz, Astrup, Bay, Lange and Wiese, as well as a book of biographies...
(1947) Den Kongelige norske Sankt Olavs orden 1847–1947 (Oslo: Grøndahl & Søns Forlag)