Mount Ulla
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Mount Ulla (also known as Claymore Peak) is a sharp peak
between Meserve
and Hart Glacier
s in the Asgard Range
, Victoria Land
. The summit is a knife-edge ridge
which drops away on both sides. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958–59, after one of the Norse Vanir
gods.
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...
between Meserve
Meserve Glacier
Meserve Glacier is a hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, between the Bartley and Hart Glaciers. Named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols for William Meserve, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point in the 1959-60 field season....
and Hart Glacier
Hart Glacier
Hart Glacier is a small hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, between the Meserve and Goodspeed Glaciers. Named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols for Roger Hart, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point in the 1959-60 field season....
s in the Asgard Range
Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It dividies Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods....
, 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...
. The summit is a knife-edge ridge
Arete
Areté is the term meaning "virtue" or "excellence", from Greek ἈρετήArete may also be used:*as a given name of persons or things:**Queen Arete , a character in Homer's Odyssey.***197 Arete, an asteroid....
which drops away on both sides. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958–59, after one of the Norse Vanir
Vanir
In Norse mythology, the Vanir are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom and the ability to see the future. The Vanir are one of two groups of gods and are the namesake of the location Vanaheimr . After the Æsir–Vanir War, the Vanir became a subgroup of the Æsir...
gods.