Mount Gale
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Mount Gale is a promontory at the north end of Frecker Ridge
in the Anare Mountains
, Victoria Land
. It stands at the south side of the confluence of Ludvig Glacier
and Kirkby Glacier
. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Commander d'A.T. Gale, formerly of the RAN, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
) (Thala Dan
) cruise that explored this coast, 1962.
Frecker Ridge
Frecker Ridge is a ridge that rises abruptly along the west side of Kirkby Glacier in the Anare Mountains, Victoria Land. It is 5 nautical miles long and terminates in the north at Mount Gale. Named by ANARE for Sgt. R...
in the Anare Mountains
Anare Mountains
The Anare Mountains are a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the south by Ebbe Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier...
, 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...
. It stands at the south side of the confluence of Ludvig Glacier
Ludvig Glacier
Ludvig Glacier is a tributary glacier draining north between Arthurson Bluff and Mount Gale to join Kirkby Glacier near the coast of north Victoria Land. Named by ANARE for Ludvig Larsen, chief officer of the ship Thala Dan in which ANARE explored this coast, 1962....
and Kirkby Glacier
Kirkby Glacier
Kirkby Glacier is a glacier, 20 miles in length. This glacier drains the central Anare Mountains and flows northwest to the sea three miles from Cape North, and just north of Arthurson Bluff, northern Victoria Land.-Discovery and naming:...
. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Commander d'A.T. Gale, formerly of the RAN, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
) (Thala Dan
Thala Dan
MV Thala Dan was one of a fleet of icebreaking cargo-passenger ships operated by the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S Lines, and chartered to, inter alia, ANARE...
) cruise that explored this coast, 1962.