Mount Friesland

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Mount Friesland is a prominent ice-covered peak in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, known as one of the highest mountains in the archipelago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ice-covered peak
mountain
belongsTo South Shetland Islands archipelago NERFINISHED
climbingSeason austral summer
continent Antarctica
country Antarctica NERFINISHED
coveredBy ice
elevation 1700 metres
5577 feet
environment polar
firstAscent 30 December 1991
firstAscentBy Catalan climbers Francesc Sàbat and Jorge Enrique
hasClimbingRoute routes from Camp Academia area
standard glacier route from the north
hasFeature crevassed glaciers
steep glaciated slopes
hasGeographicCoordinate 62.6833°S 60.1833°W
hasNearbyFeature Camp Academia NERFINISHED
Charity Glacier NERFINISHED
Macy Glacier NERFINISHED
Prespa Glacier NERFINISHED
Wörner Gap NERFINISHED
hasNoPermanentPopulation true
hasProminence approximately 1700 metres
hasProtectionStatus subject to environmental protection provisions of the Antarctic Treaty System
isAdministeredUnder Antarctic Treaty System NERFINISHED
isImportantFor mountaineering in the South Shetland Islands
topographic mapping of Livingston Island
isOneOfTheHighestPointsOf Livingston Island NERFINISHED
South Shetland Islands NERFINISHED
isSummitOf Tangra Mountains NERFINISHED
isVisibleFrom Bransfield Strait NERFINISHED
nearby waters of Livingston Island
locatedIn Antarctica
Livingston Island NERFINISHED
South Shetland Islands NERFINISHED
mapReference British mapping 1968
Bulgarian mapping 2005
Spanish mapping 1991
namedAfter Friesland region in the Netherlands
partOf Tangra Mountains NERFINISHED
range Tangra Mountains NERFINISHED
relativeLocation eastern Livingston Island
north of the central part of Tangra Mountains
topographicType prominent isolated summit

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Livingston Island hasHighestPoint Mount Friesland