Mount Krüger
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| Location | Queen Maud Land, Antarctica |
| Parent range | Sverdrup Mountains |
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]
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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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Kruger" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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