Mount Grieg
| Mount Grieg | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Island | |||
| Summit: | 2,000 feet 71°34’4"S, 73°11’21"W | ||
Mount Grieg is a mountain of 2,000 feet, in the south of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory.
Snow-clad but with a rock-exposed west face, it overlooks the southeast part of Brahms Inlet and stands on the base of the Derocher Peninsula, on the north side of the Beethoven Peninsula in the southwest part of the island.
A number of mountains in this vicinity first appear on maps by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947–48. This mountain, apparently one of these, was mapped from RARE air photos by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, and was remapped by the United States Geological Survey, 1988.
The mountain was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian composer; one of numerous features in the south of the island named after composers.
See also
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Grieg