Högbom outcrops
| Högbom outcrops | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Herbert Mountains , Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 15 ′ S , 24 ° 52 ′ W | |
The Högbom Outcrops are around 1000 m high rocky outcrops in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Herbert Mountains of the Shackleton Range they rise up on the eastern flank of the confluence of the Schimper Glacier in the Slessor Glacier .
The United States Navy took the first aerial photographs in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the Swedish geologist Arvid Gustaf Högbom (1857-1940).
Web links
- Högbom Outcrops in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Högbom Outcrops on geographic.org (English)