Austhamars
| Austhamars | ||
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| height | 2060 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 26 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Austhamaren (Norwegian for Osthammer ) is a 2060 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises east of the Byrdbreen glacier in the Sør Rondane mountains .
Norwegian cartographers gave the mountain descriptive names and mapped it in 1947 using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 and in 1957 using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Austhamaren peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Austhamaren Peak on geographic.org (English)