Høgfonnaksla
| Høgfonnaksla | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Borg massif | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 44 ′ S , 3 ° 34 ′ W | |
The Høgfonnaksla ( Norwegian for High snowfield shoulder is) a high and rocky mountain ridge in East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Borg massif , it forms the northern end of Høgfonna mountain .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it after the name of the mountain Høgfonna, mapped the mountain ridge using aerial photographs and measurements of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Høgfonnaksla Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Høgfonnaksla Ridge on geographic.org (English)