Feature Name (see definition): Wisting, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16736

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 86° 27' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 165° 26' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -86.45

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -165.4333333

Elevation (see definition): 2580

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1950

Description (see definition): A rock peak (2,580 m), the northwesternmost summit of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely positioned by the South Pole Party under Roald Amundsen. Amundsen named one of them for Oscar Wisting, a member of the party. The peak described was mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-64. For the sake of historical continuity and to commemorate the Norwegian exploration in this area, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has selected this feature to be designated Mount Wisting. Other peaks in the massif have been named for members of Amundsen's South Pole Party.

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