Breplogen Mountain () is a broad mountain, high, which is ice-covered except on its north and east sides, standing west of
Austreskorve Glacier
Austreskorve Glacier () is a broad glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains which drains north from a position just east of the head of Vestreskorve Glacier and passes along the east side of Breplogen Mountain. It was mapped and named from sur ...
in the
Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains
The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains () is a major group of associated mountain features extending east to west for between the Gjelsvik Mountains and the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Jøkulkyrk ...
of
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20th meridian west, 20° west, specifically the Caird Coast, ...
.
Discovery and naming
Breplogen Mountain was plotted from surveys and from air photos by the
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (''Den norske antarktisekspedisjonen'') was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud's Land in Antarctica. The expedition was based at Norway Station () which was located on the Fimbul Ice Shelf bordering th ...
(1956–60) and named Breplogen (the "glacier plough").
See also
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List of mountains of Queen Maud Land
This list of mountains of Queen Maud Land contains mountains with a registered elevation of higher than 2000 metres (6561 feet) above sea level. The availability of accurate data for this region is limited, making the list both incomplete and inac ...
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Sengekoven Cirque
References
External links
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)*
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Mountains of Queen Maud Land
Princess Astrid Coast