Borch Johnsennuten
| Borch Johnsennuten | ||
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| height | 1940 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | XU-Fjella in the Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 31 ′ 48 ″ S , 9 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Borch-Johnsennuten is a 1940 m high mountain in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the northern section of the XU-Fjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1967 after the Norwegian doctor Erling Borch-Johnsen (1873–1962), a leader of the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway during World War II in Narvik .
Web links
- Borch-Johnsennuten in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Borch-Johnsennuten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)