Hånuten (Queen Maud Land)
| Hånuten | ||
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| height | 2885 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Well-being, massive | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Hånuten ( Norwegian for shark tip ; Russian гора Молчанова Gora Moltschanowa ) is a 2885 m high mountain in the Wohlthat massif of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . He is one of the Skeidsnutane of the Betechtin Mountains in the southeastern section of the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it descriptively in 1958. Probable namesake of the Russian name is the Soviet meteorologist Pawel Alexandrowitsch Moltschanow (1893-1941).
Web links
- Hånuten in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Hånuten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)