Dybvadskog Peak

Dybvadskog Peak

Dybvadskog Peak (79°19′S 86°21′W / 79.317°S 86.35°W / -79.317; -86.35) is a sharp, somewhat isolated peak, 2,180 m, the westernmost of those rising above the ice surface just west of the south part of Founders Escarpment, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Olav Dybvadskog, Norwegian glaciologist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse of 1964-65.

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