Eidshaugane
| Eidshaugane | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 40 ′ S , 11 ° 46 ′ E | |
The Eidshaugane are a group of mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthat massif, they rise up 1.5 km north of the Eidsgavlen .
They were discovered and photographed during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) were used to map them. Your Norwegian name means something like " isthmus hill "
Web links
- Eidshaugane peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eidshaugane Peaks on geographic.org (English)