Mount Amundsen
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Mount Amundsen is a nunatak
lying east of Denman Glacier
, about 11 statute miles (18 km) northeast of Mount Sandow
. It was discovered by the Western Base Party
of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911–14) under Mawson, and named by Mawson for Roald Amundsen
, the Norwegian
polar explorer, who was the first to attain the South Pole
.
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...
lying east of Denman Glacier
Denman Glacier
Denman Glacier is a glacier wide, descending north some , which debouches into Shackleton Ice Shelf east of David Island, Queen Mary Land. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mawson named the glacier for...
, about 11 statute miles (18 km) northeast of Mount Sandow
Mount Sandow
Mount Sandow is a nunatak overlooking the Denman Glacier about 11 miles southwest of Mount Amundsen in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, and named by Mawson for Eugen Sandow of London, a patron of the expedition....
. It was discovered by the Western Base Party
Western Base Party
The Western Base Party was a successful exploration party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The eight-man Western Party was deposited by the Aurora on the Shackleton Ice Shelf at Queen Mary Land. The leader of the team was Frank Wild and the party included the geologist Charles Hoadley.The...
of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart...
(1911–14) under Mawson, and named by Mawson for Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
, the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
polar explorer, who was the first to attain the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
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