Breidskaret
| Breidskaret | |||
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| Compass direction | Southeast | northwest | |
| Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Borg massif | ||
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
Breidskaret ( Norwegian for wide tub ) is a mountain pass in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Borg massif it runs between the Høgfonna and the Jøkulskarvet .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the pass descriptively, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Breidskaret Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Breidskaret Pass on geographic.org (English)