Duken (Antarctica)
| Duken | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Kirwanveggen | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 48 ′ S , 5 ° 10 ′ W | |
Duken ( Norwegian for tablecloth ) is a small, flat and ice-covered plateau in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It lies between the Urnosa rock spur and the Framranten headland near the south-western end of Kirwanveggen .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, carried out a mapping using aerial photographs and surveys of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Duken Flat in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Duken Flat on geographic.org (English)