Borga (mountain)
| Borga | ||
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| height | 2594 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Borg massif | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Borga is a 2594 m high mountain with a flattened and ice-covered summit, from which numerous cliffs protrude, in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises at the northern end of the Borg massif .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952). The descriptive name is borrowed from the Norwegian word for " castle ".
Web links
- Borg Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Borg Mountain on geographic.org (English)