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Mount Futago () is a small mountain with two peaks, the northern one being and the southern one high, in the northern part of the Langhovde Hills,
Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east. In addit ...
, Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys and air photos by the
Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition The refers to a series of Japanese Antarctic expeditions for scientific research. The first JARE expedition was launched in 1957 to coordinate with the International Geophysical Year. This was the team which left 15 dogs, including Taro and Ji ...
(JARE), 1957–62. The name Futago-yama (Hutago Yama), meaning "twin mountain," was given by JARE Headquarters in 1972.


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