Mount Bergen
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Mount Bergen is a prominent rocky peak
, 2,110 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Gran
on the north side of Mackay Glacier
in Victoria Land
. Surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58) and named by them after the birthplace in Norway of Tryggve Gran
, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 2,110 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Gran
Mount Gran
Mount Gran is a large flat-topped mountain, 2,235 m, standing at the north side of Mackay Glacier and immediately west of Gran Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition which named it for Tryggve Gran, Norwegian naval officer who was a ski expert with the expedition....
on the north side of Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, between the Convoy and Clare Ranges, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Alistair F...
in 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...
. Surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58) and named by them after the birthplace in Norway of Tryggve Gran
Tryggve Gran
Jens Tryggve Herman Gran DSC, MC was a Norwegian aviator, explorer and author. He was the first pilot to cross the North Sea.-Background:...
, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.