Daykovaya Peak
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Daykovaya Peak is a prominent peak, 1,995 m, rising between Mount Hansen
and Kare Bench
in Westliche Petermann Range
, Wohlthat Mountains
. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition
, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition
, 1960–61, and named Gora Daykovaya (dike mountain
).
Mount Hansen
Mount Hansen is a mountain, 1,895 m, standing 1 nautical mile north of Kare Bench and just northwest of Daykovaya Peak at the north extremity of Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39...
and Kare Bench
Kare Bench
Kare Bench is a flat-topped mountain, 1,810 m, standing 1 nautical mile south of Mount Hansen and just southwest of Daykovaya Peak at the north end of Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39...
in Westliche Petermann Range
Westliche Petermann Range
Westliche Petermann Range is one of the Petermann Ranges, extending north-south for 16 nautical miles from Mount Hansen to Aurdalen Valley, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, and so named by them for its...
, Wohlthat Mountains
Wohlthat Mountains
Wohlthat Mountains is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in Fimbulheimen in the central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition ,...
. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition
New Swabia
New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...
, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...
, 1956–60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
, 1960–61, and named Gora Daykovaya (dike mountain
Mountain
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