Aker Peaks, also known as Akar Peaks or Aker Range, are a series of mainly snow-covered
peaks Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-d ...
, the highest at , extending in a northwest–southeast direction. They rise west of
Nicholas Range and west-northwest of
Edward VIII Bay Edward VIII Bay is a bay about in extent, located between Edward VIII Plateau (a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula near Magnet Bay) and the Øygarden Group of islands in Antarctica. The head of the bay is occupied by the Edward VIII Ice Shel ...
. They were discovered on January 14, 1931, by a Norwegian
whaling
Whaling is the process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution.
It was practiced as an organized industry ...
expedition under
O. Borchgrevink, who named them after the farm of Director
Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. of the
Antarctic Whaling Company at
Tønsberg
Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...
.
References
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Mountains of Enderby Land
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