Bamsefjell
| Bamsefjell | ||
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| height | 2500 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 21 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Bamsefjell ( Norwegian for Bear mountain is) a 2500 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 18 km west of Nils Larsenfjellet in the Sør Rondane Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the mountain, mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Bamse Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bamse Mountain on geographic.org (English)