Mount Krüger

Mount Krüger
Elevation	2,655 m (8,711 ft)
Location
Location	Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Range	Sverdrup Mountains
Coordinates	72°36′S 0°57′E / 72.6°S 0.95°E / -72.6; 0.95Coordinates: 72°36′S 0°57′E / 72.6°S 0.95°E / -72.6; 0.95

Mount Krüger, or Krügerfjellet, is a 2,655-metre (8,711 ft) mountain standing 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Kvitho Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.^[1] The summit of Krüger is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mtns.^[2]

Discovery and naming

Mount Krüger was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for Walter Krüger, meteorological assistant on the expedition. It was surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952), led by John Schjelderup Giæver.^[1]

See also

• East Antarctica Ranges
• East Antarctic two-thousanders
• History of Antarctica
• List of Antarctic expeditions

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Krüger". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8255. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
2. ^ "Mount Krüger, Antarctica". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=12323. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 

"Mount Krüger". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8255. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

External links

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Krüger" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).