Heiskanen Knoll
Coordinates: 67 ° 42 ′ S , 8 ° 41 ′ W
The Heiskanen Knoll is a deep sea mountain in the Haakon VII Sea off the Princess Martha coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land .
The formation was named in 1997 at the suggestion of the surveyor and glaciologist Heinrich Hinze from the Alfred Wegener Institute . It is named after the Finnish geodesist Veikko Heiskanen (1895–1971).
Web links
- Heiskanen Knoll in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Heiskanen Knoll on marineregions.org (English)