Furubotnabben
| Furubotnabben | ||
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| height | 1324 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Furubotnnabben ( Norwegian ) is a 1324 m high and partly snow-covered mountain in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the north-western end of Sivorgfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1987 after Lorentz Furobotn (1890–1975), a communist resistance fighter against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Furubotnabben in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Furubotnabben in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)