Mount Hoegh

Coordinates: 64°50′S 62°48′W / 64.833°S 62.800°W / -64.833; -62.800
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Mount Hoegh (64°50′S 62°48′W / 64.833°S 62.800°W / -64.833; -62.800) is a mountain, 890 metres (2,920 ft) high, standing 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) south-southeast of Duthiers Point on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Emil von Hoegh (1865–1915), a German mathematical optician who designed the first double anastigmatic camera lens in 1893.[1]

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  1. ^ "Hoegh, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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