Friis Baastadnuten
| Friis Baastadnuten | ||
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| height | 2040 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Borg massif | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Friis-Baastadnuten is a 2040 m high mountain peak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is one of the ice-free peaks on the south side of the Frostlendet valley and rises 1.5 km southeast of the Mana in the Borg massif .
Norwegian cartographers carried out a mapping based on aerial photographs and surveys of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952). It is named after Kåre Friis-Baastad (* 1913), a member of the Norwegian aviation unit on this research trip.
Web links
- Friis-Baastad peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Friis-Baastad Peak on geographic.org (English)