Mount Holm-Hansen

Mount Holm-Hansen (77°36′S 162°11′E) is a prominent mountain rising to 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) between the lower David Valley and Bartley Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica.[1] On its north side sits Bifrost Ledge, a flat benchlike feature that rises to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft).[2]

The mountain was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1997 after Osmund Holm-Hansen, a plant physiologist, who, working in the 1959–60 season, was one of the first American scientists to visit and conduct research in both Taylor Valley and Wright Valley.[1] Bifrost Ledge was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998, in association with names from Norse mythology in Asgard Range, Bifröst being a “bridge” linking Asgard (home of the gods) with earth.[2]

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  1. "Mount Holm-Hansen". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  2. "Bifrost Ledge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-09-03.

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