Boyese grooves
| Boyese grooves | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 14 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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The Boyesennuten is a mountain in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the north-western part of Sivorgfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1967 after the future Norwegian politician and diplomat Jens Mogens Boyesen (1920–1996), a member of the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway during World War II .
Web links
- Boyesennuten in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Boyesennuten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)