Håkonbandet
| Håkonbandet | |||
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| Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Kurzegebirge in Orvinfjella | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 8 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
Håkonbandet is a mountain pass in the shape of a mountain saddle in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In short Mountains of the Orvin Mountains he lies on the south side of Sætherrindane .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after Håkon Sæther (* 1906), who worked as a doctor on this research trip between 1956 and 1957.
Web links
- Håkon Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Håkon Col on geographic.org (English)