Mount Kristensen

Mount Kristensen

Mount Kristensen (86°20′S 159°40′W / 86.333°S 159.667°W / -86.333; -159.667) is a mountain, 3,460 m, standing on the west side of Nilsen Plateau 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Lindstrom Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1967 for H. Kristensen, an engineer on the ship Fram of Amundsen's Norwegian expedition of 1910-12. This naming preserves Amundsen's commemoration of "Mount H. Kristensen," a name applied in 1911 for an unidentifiable mountain in the general area.

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