Høgryggen
| Høgryggen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sør Rondane Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 12 ′ S , 23 ° 47 ′ E | |
The Høgryggen ( Norwegian for high back ) is a snowy mountain ridge up to 2535 m high in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Sør Rondane Mountains , it extends from Walnumfjella in a southerly direction.
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1973.
Web links
- Høgryggen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Høgryggen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute