Cumulusfjellet
| Cumulusfjellet | ||
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| height | 2335 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 5 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Cumulusfjellet is a 2335 m high mountain in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises north of the cliffs of Høgsenga .
Participants in the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) mapped it using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs . It is named after the cumulus cloud shape .
Web links
- Cumulus Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cumulus Mountain on geographic.org (English)
- Cumulusfjellet on an aerial photo from January 31, 1939 of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 (PDF, geographical names added later)