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Gjelsvik Peak

Coordinates: 85°19′S 168°0′W / 85.317°S 168.000°W / -85.317; -168.000
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Gjelsvik Peak (85°19′S 168°0′W / 85.317°S 168.000°W / -85.317; -168.000) is a peak, 3,660 metres (12,000 ft) high, standing 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) northwest of Mount Fridtjof Nansen, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) for Tore Gjelsvik, Director of the Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Gjelsvik Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-24.

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