Mount Kristensen

Mount Kristensen (

86°20′S 159°40′W / 86.333°S 159.667°W / -86.333; -159.667Coordinates: 86°20′S 159°40′W / 86.333°S 159.667°W / -86.333; -159.667) is a mountain, 3,460 metres (11,350 ft) high, standing on the west side of Nilsen Plateau 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Lindstrom Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1967 for , an engineer on the ship Fram of Amundsen's South Pole expedition of 1910–12. This naming preserves Amundsen's commemoration of "Mount H. Kristensen," a name applied in 1911 for an unidentifiable mountain in the general area.^[1]

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