Haneborg-Hansenveggen
| Haneborg-Hansenveggen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Heimefrontfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 24 ′ S , 9 ° 41 ′ W | |
The Haneborg-Hansenveggen is an icy rock face in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the southern part of the Kottas Mountains .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1969 after Halfdan Haneborg-Hansen (1890–1974), a leader of the resistance against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Haneborg-Hansenveggen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Haneborg-Hansenveggen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)