Mount Caroline Mikkelsen

Mount Caroline Mikkelsen (69°45′S 74°24′E / 69.75°S 74.4°E / -69.75; 74.4) is a small coastal mountain of 235 metres (770 ft) between Hargreaves Glacier and Polar Times Glacier on Ingrid Christensen Coast. The mountain overlooks the southern extremity of Prydz Bay, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Svarthausen Nunatak, and is the highest summit in the vicinity. It was discovered February 20, 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the Thorsham, a Norwegian whaling ship sent out by Lars Christensen.^[1] It is named for Captain Mikkelsen's wife Caroline Mikkelsen, who accompanied her husband on this voyage and became the first woman to set foot on Antarctica.

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1. ^ "Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu". p. 364. http://www.scribd.com/doc/36721395/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981-djvu. Retrieved October 26, 2011. 

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

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