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Balchen Mountain

Coordinates: 72°0′S 27°12′E / 72.000°S 27.200°E / -72.000; 27.200
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Balchen Mountain (72°0′S 27°12′E / 72.000°S 27.200°E / -72.000; 27.200) is a mountain, 2,820 metres (9,250 ft) high, standing at the east side of Byrdbreen in the Sør Rondane Mountains. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for Bernt Balchen, famous Norwegian polar aviator and chief pilot of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Balchen Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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