Engenhovet
| Engenhovet | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 74 ° 34 ′ S , 11 ° 0 ′ W | |
Engenhovet is an up to 1780 m high and partly icy mountain ridge in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the northernmost section of the Sivorgfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1967 after the Norwegian journalist Hans Engen (1912–1966), one of the leaders of the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway in World War II and Norway's ambassador to the United Nations in 1958.
Web links
- Engenhovet in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Engenhovet in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute