Egilnuten
| Egilnuten | ||
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| height | 2640 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sverdrupfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 1 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Egilnuten is a 2640 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In Sverdrupfjella it rises on the east side of the Isingen .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939). Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE, 1949–1952) and the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after Egil Rogstad (1908–1897), radio operator with the NBSAE.
Web links
- Egil Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Egil Peak on geographic.org (English)