Fenristunga
| Fenristunga | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Drygalski Mountains in Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 52 ′ S , 8 ° 17 ′ E | |
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The Fenristunga (Norwegian for Fenriszunge is) a glacier field in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies within the rock faces of the Fenriskjeften massif in the Drygalski mountains of Orvinfjella .
Norwegian cartographers carried out a mapping based on aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). The naming was based on that of the Fenriskjeften. Its namesake is the Fenriswolf from Norse mythology .
Web links
- Fenristunga in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fenristunga on geographic.org (English)