Hamarskaftet
| Hamarskaftet | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 50 ′ S , 4 ° 58 ′ E | |
Hamarskaftet ( Norwegian for hammer handle ) are a 8 km long series of nunataks in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains they rise 3 km northwest of the Svarthamaren mountain .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named this group of mountains, mapped them based on measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Hamarskaftet Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hamarskaftet Nunataks on geographic.org (English)