Elevation 4,070 m Parent range Queen Maud Mountains | Mountain range Queen Maud Mountains | |
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Similar Mount Markham, Mount Kirkpatrick, Mount Erebus, Vinson Massif | ||
Mount Fridtjof Nansen is a high massive mountain which dominates the area between the heads of Strom and Axel Heiberg Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered by Roald Amundsen in 1911, and named by him for Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer, who helped support Amundsen's expedition.
Map of Mount Fridtjof Nansen, Antarctica
This mountain should not be confused with the similarly named Mount Nansen in the Eisenhower Range, although it too was named after Fridtjof Nansen.
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