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Mount Hoegh


Mount Hoegh (64°50′S 62°48′W / 64.833°S 62.800°W / -64.833; -62.800Coordinates: 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.

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


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