Hanssonhorna
| Hanssonhorna | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Heimefrontfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 25 ′ S , 9 ° 54 ′ W | |
The Hanssonhorna are rocky outcrops up to 1903 m high in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . They rise up in the southern part of the Kottas Mountains .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1969 after the lawyer Arthur Hansson (* 1910), his brother and shipbroker Michael Hansson (* 1906) and their cousin and lawyer Wladimir Hansson (* 1906), all of whom belonged to the Milorg resistance group during the German era Occupation of Norway during World War II .
Web links
- Hanssonhorna in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Hanssonhorna in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)