Krakken Mountain | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Label: | Krakken Mountain |
Etymology: | Norwegian for "the stool" |
Country Type: | Continent |
Country: | Antarctica |
Part Type: | Area |
Part: | Queen Maud Land |
Range Coordinates: | -71.5333°N 21°W |
Range: | Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains |
Krakken Mountain (-71.5333°N 21°W) is a mountain 1nmi north of Sandseten Mountain and just northwest of Gneysovaya Peak in the Westliche Petermann Range of the Wohlthat Mountains, Antarctica. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, was replotted from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named Krakken (the stool).