Mount Jord
Appearance
Mount Jord (77°31′S 162°27′E / 77.517°S 162.450°E) is a peak, 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high, located northwest of Hetha Peak on the ridge between Hart Glacier and Goodspeed Glacier, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. In association with names from Norse mythology grouped in this range, it was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998 after Jörð, a mythological Norse earth goddess.[1]
References
- ^ "Mount Jord". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Jord". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.