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Mount Widerøe (72°08′S 23°30′E) is a large mountain rising to 2,994 m between Mount Walnum and Mount Nils Larsen in the Sør Rondane Mountains on the continent of Antarctica.
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Map of Mount Wider%C3%B8e, Antarctica
Discovery and naming
Mount Widerøe was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named for Viggo Widerøe, airplane pilot of this expedition. It was remapped by the Norwegians in 1957 from air photos taken on USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47.
References
Mount Widerøe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA