Høgskavlnasen
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 42 ′ S , 3 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Antarctic ice sheet | |
Høgskavlnasen (Norwegian for Hohe Schneewechtennase ) is a headland in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Borg massif it forms the southern branch of the Høgskavlen .
Norwegian cartographers, who named it after the name of the Høgskavlen, mapped the headland using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Høgskavlnasen Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Høgskavlnasen Point on geographic.org (English)