Bråpiggen
| Bråpiggen | ||
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| height | 2185 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Borg massif | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Bråpiggen (Norwegian for Rugged Point ) is a 2185 m high mountain peak in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is one of the ice-free peaks on the south side of the Frostlendet valley and rises 1.5 km south of the Friis-Baastadnuten in the Borg massif .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it descriptively, carried out a mapping based on aerial photographs and measurements of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Bråpiggen peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bråpiggen Peak on geographic.org (English)