Gjelsvik Peak

Gjelsvik Peak (85°19′S 168°0′W / 85.317°S 168.000°W / -85.317; -168.000Coordinates: 85°19′S 168°0′W / 85.317°S 168.000°W / -85.317; -168.000) is a peak, 3,660 metres (12,000 ft) high, standing 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) northwest of Mount Fridtjof Nansen, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) for Tore Gjelsvik, Director of the Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Gjelsvik Peak". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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