Grinda (Antarctica)
| Grinda | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 56 ′ S , 4 ° 26 ′ E | |
Grinda ( Norwegian for The Gate ) is a rocky mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains just north of Grytøyrfjellet .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Grinda Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grinda Ridge on geographic.org (English)