Mount Krüger

Mountain in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.[2] The summit of Krüger is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mtns.[3]

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Mount Krüger
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Elevation2,655 m (8,711 ft)[1]
Coordinates72°36′S 0°57′E
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LocationQueen Maud Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeSverdrup Mountains
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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.[1]

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