Høgskavlen

Høgskavlen
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height	2256  m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Borg massif
Coordinates	72 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  S , 3 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 72 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  S , 3 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  W

The Høgskavlen is a distinctive and 2256  m high mountain with a flattened and snowy peaks in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises directly to the northeast of the dome in the Borg massif .

Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952). The Norwegian name means something like "high snow peaks "

Web links

• Høgskavlen Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Høgskavlen Mountain on geographic.org (English)