![Bouvet Map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Bouvet_Map.png)
Mosbytoppane (earlier Mosbytoppen, sometimes
anglicized
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as Mosby Peak), are two crags to the southwest of the
caldera
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of the island of
Bouvetøya. The tallest is a snow-covered
peak 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)-di ...
above mean sea level
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Th ...
and northeast of
Norvegiaodden. It was charted by the
First ''Norvegia'' Expedition in 1927–28, under Captain
Harald Horntvedt
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Medieval Kings of Denmark
* Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986)
Kings of Norway
* Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933)
* Harald Greycloak (died 970)
* Harald Hardrad ...
. It is named for
Hakon Mosby, an oceanographer and meteorologist who was one of two scientists on the expedition.
References
Mountains of Bouvet Island
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