Gropehøgda
| Gropehøgda | ||
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| height | 1395 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 27 ° 32 ′ 30 ″ E | |
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The Gropehøgda ( Norwegian for sink height , Japanese グ ロ ー パ 東 台 Gropa-higasi-dai , German for 'Eastern Gropahöhe' ) is a 1395 m high mountain of the Sør Rondane in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the northern part of the Balchenfjella it rises east of the Gropeheia .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it descriptively in 1990 because the mountain is located in an area with numerous depressions .
Web links
- Gropehøgda in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Gropehøgda in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)