Jøkulkyrkja
Discovery and naming
Jøkulkyrkja Mountain was plotted from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Jøkulkyrkja. The first element is jøkul m 'small glacier', the last element is the finite form of kyrkje f 'church'. (Like other names in the Norwegian Arctic and Antarctic islands and areas the Nynorsk form of Norwegian is used in the name - the Bokmål form would have been *Jøkelkirken or *Jøkelkirka).
Mountaineering significance
The first ascent of Jøkulkyrkja Mountain was in January 1994, by a team of 13 mountain climbers led by Ivar Tollefsen. The first woman to reach the top was Merete Asak, November 2010.
See also
References
- ^ Birgit Njåstad: «Antarktis - norsk natur- og kulturminneforvaltning» Rapportserie No. 112, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø 1999, p. 17 (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Jøkulkyrkja Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from "Jøkulkyrkja Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.