Mount Bolle () is a
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-d ...
(2,685 m) which rises above
Larsen Cliffs The Larsen Cliffs () are steep rock and ice cliffs which form a part of the east face of Jøkulkyrkja Mountain, in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were plotted from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Ant ...
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of
Kyrkjeskipet Peak
Kyrkjeskipet Peak is a peak in Antarctica just north of Kapellet Canyon that dominates the northeastern part of Jøkulkyrkja Mountain in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian ...
, in the eastern
Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains 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, ...
. The name "
Bolle-Berg" after
Herbert Bolle, aviation supervisor of the expedition, was applied in this area by the
German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39) under
Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher (23 May 1879 in Bad Lauterberg – 30 March 1963 in Hamburg) was a German polar explorer. A ''Kapitän zur See'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'', he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39, which mapped the New Swabia () ...
. The correlation of the name with this peak may be arbitrary, but it is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.
Mountains of Queen Maud Land
Princess Astrid Coast
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