Parent range Sverdrup Mountains Range Sverdrup Mountains | Elevation 2,655 m | |
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Location Queen Maud Land, Antarctica People also search for Mount Dallmann, Gessner Peak, Sverdrup Mountains, Borg Massif, Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | ||
Mount Krüger, or Krügerfjellet (German: Krügerberg), is a 2,655-metre (8,710 ft) mountain standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Kvithø Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The summit of Krüger is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mtns.
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Map of Mount Kr%C3%BCger, Antarctica
Discovery and naming
Mount Krüger was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Captain Alfred Ritscher, and named for Walter Krüger, a meteorological assistant on the expedition. It was surveyed by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952), led by John Schjelderup Giæver.
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