Mount Hansen

Mount Hansen

Mount Hansen (71°28′S 12°9′E / 71.467°S 12.15°E / -71.467; 12.15) is a mountain, 1,895 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Kare Bench and just northwest of Daykovaya Peak at the north extremity of Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named for Kare Hansen, a meteorologist with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59.

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