Gjeitafjell
| Gjeitafjell | ||
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| height | 2140 m | |
| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hansenfjella | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Gjeitafjell (also known as Mount Banfield ) is at 2140 m the highest point of the Hansenfjella in the East Antarctic Kempland . It rises 5 km east of the Nunatak Brusen .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped the survey using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . A new mapping was carried out using aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The name given by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) is named after Geoffrey A. Banfield of the Royal Australian Air Force , who was stationed at Mawson Station between 1958 and 1959 .
Web links
- Mount Gjeita in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gjeita on geographic.org (English)