Komsa Mountain

Not to be confused with the Komsa Mountain in Norway after which the Komsa culture is named.

Komsa Mountain (72°5′S 25°21′E / 72.083°S 25.350°E / -72.083; 25.350Coordinates: 72°5′S 25°21′E / 72.083°S 25.350°E / -72.083; 25.350) is a 2,960-metre-high (9,700 ft) mountain located between Koms Glacier and Salen Mountain in the Sør Rondane Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Komsa (the Lapp cradle).[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Komsa Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-14.

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