Borchgrevink Nunatak
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Borchgrevink Nunatak is a nunatak
1.5 miles (2.4 km) long which rises to 650 metres (2,132.5 ft), standing at the south side of the entrance to Richthofen Pass
, on the east coast of Graham Land
. It was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
under Otto Nordenskiöld
, who named it for C.E. Borchgrevink, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, to Victoria Land
.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
1.5 miles (2.4 km) long which rises to 650 metres (2,132.5 ft), standing at the south side of the entrance to Richthofen Pass
Richthofen Pass
Richthofen Pass is a pass, 1 nautical mile wide, between Mount Fritsche and the rock wall north of McCarroll Peak, on the east coast of Graham Land. Discovered and photographed in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, who named it Richthofen Valley for Baron Ferdinand von...
, on the east coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...
under Otto Nordenskiöld
Otto Nordenskiöld
Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld was a Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.-Biography:...
, who named it for C.E. Borchgrevink, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, to Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
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