Balchenfjella
| Balchenfjella | ||
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| height | 2820 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 27 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Balchenfjella is a 2820 m high mountain in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises up in the mountains of Sør Rondane on the eastern flank of the Byrdbreen . Its southern part is the Berrheia .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). It is named after the Norwegian polar explorer and aviation pioneer Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), a pilot on the American Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930).
Web links
- Balchen Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Balchen Mountain on geographic.org (English)