Brattstranda
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 13 ′ S , 77 ° 0 ′ E | |
Brattstranda ( Norwegian for Rugged Coast ) are rocky cliffs in Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . They rise 5 km east-northeast of the island of Hovden in the Prydz Bay area of the Ingrid-Christensen coast .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped the formation in 1946 using aerial photographs taken in 1936 during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Bratt beach bluffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brattstrand Bluffs on geographic.org (English)