Framnæsodden
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 47 ′ S , 90 ° 41 ′ W | |
| location | Peter I Island , Antarctica | |
| coast | Lazarev coast | |
Framnæsodden ( Norwegian for protruding nose tip ) is a small and rocky headland on the Lazarew coast of the Antarctic Peter I Island .
The headland was mapped and named descriptively during the fourth Antarctic voyage of the ship Norvegia , financed by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen , under Captain Nils Larsen (1900–1976), who landed here in February 1929.
Web links
- Framnes Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Framnes Head on geographic.org (English)