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Mount Riiser-Larsen
Mount Riiser-Larsen
is a prominent
mountain
,
870
m, standing at the
northwest
end of the
Tula Mountains
on the
east side
of
Amundsen Bay
. It was named by the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
under
Mawson
in
January 1930
for
Captain
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
, the
leader
of a
Norwegian
expedition
in the
Norvegia
which also explored the
area
in that
season
.