Breplogen Mountain (71°55′S 5°27′E / 71.917°S 5.450°E / -71.917; 5.450) is a broad mountain, 2,725 metres (8,940 ft) high, which is ice-covered except on its north and east sides, standing west of Austreskorve Glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land.

Discovery and naming

Breplogen Mountain was plotted from surveys and from air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Breplogen (the "glacier plough").[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Breplogen Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
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