Gårekneet
| Gårekneet | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 4 ′ S , 14 ° 48 ′ E | |
Gårekneet (Norwegian for wave knee ) is a mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the payer group of Hoelfjella it rises 5 km south of the Nunatak Gårenevkalven .
Aerial photos were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also called the ridge desreptive, mapped it on the basis of measurements and other aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Gårekneet Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gårekneet Ridge on geographic.org (English)