Hansenfjella
| Hansenfjella | ||
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| Highest peak | Gjeitafjell ( 2140 m ) | |
| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 16 ′ S , 58 ° 47 ′ E | |
The Hansenfjella is a large group of nunataks in the East Antarctic Kempland . It is located 88 km south of Stefansson Bay and extends over 40 km in a north-west-south-east orientation.
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped the mountain range using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . It is named after the Norwegian cartographer Hans E. Hansen, who was involved in this mapping.
Web links
- Hansen Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hansen Mountains on geographic.org (English).