Niels Peak ( no, Nielsnapen)Stewart, John. 1990. ''Antarctica: An Encyclopedia'', vol 2. London: McFarland and Co., pp. 692, 699. () is a

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 ...

, 2,525 m, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Nergaard Peak () in the

Gagarin Mountains The Gagarin Mountains (russian: Khrebet Yuriya Gagarina; no, Kurzefjella) are a linear group of mountains, trending in a north–south direction for between the Kurze Mountains and the Conrad Mountains of the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Lan ...

of the

Orvin Mountains The Orvin Mountains ( no, Orvinfjella) constitute a major group of mountain ranges, extending for about between the Wohlthat Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land. With its summit at , the massive Sandeggtind Peak forms ...

, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60. Both Nergaard Peak and Niels Peak are named for Niels Nergaard, a scientific assistant with the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58. Both names were proposed in 1967 by the Norwegian philologist Per Hovda (1908–1997).Place names in Norwegian polar areas: Nielsnapen
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