Hans-Martinsteinen
| Hans-Martinsteinen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 8 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Hans-Martinsteinen is an isolated nunatak in Queen Maud's East Antarctic land . In the Orvinfjella it rises 5 km south of the Henriksenskjera .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the Nunatak, mapped it using measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after Hans-Martin Henriksen, meteorological assistant on this research trip between 1956 and 1958.
Web links
- Hans-Martin Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hans-Martin Nunatak on geographic.org (English)