Aurdalsegga
| Aurdalsegga | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Nikolayev ( 2850 m ) | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Southern Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 44 ′ S , 12 ° 23 ′ E | |
The Aurdalsegga ( Norwegian for scree ridge ) is an irregularly shaped mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises over a length of 8 km immediately southeast of the Aurdalen in the southern Petermann chain of the Wohlthat massif . Mount Nikolayev belongs to her .
The ridge was discovered and mapped during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Participants in the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) carried out a new mapping based on their own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs and gave the formation its name, which is based on the valley of the same name.
Web links
- Aurdalsegga Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aurdalsegga Ridge on geographic.org (English)