Mount Ulla

This article is about the mountain in Antarctica. For the U.S. township, see Mount Ulla Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.

Mount Ulla (77°32′S 162°24′E / 77.533°S 162.400°E / -77.533; 162.400Coordinates: 77°32′S 162°24′E / 77.533°S 162.400°E / -77.533; 162.400) (also known as Claymore Peak) is a sharp peak between Meserve and Hart Glaciers in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The summit is a knife-edge ridge which drops away on both sides. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958–59, after one of the Norse Vanir gods.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ulla, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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