Helland-Hansenbotnen
| Helland-Hansenbotnen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heimefrontfjella | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 37 ′ 30 ″ S , 10 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Kar | |
The Helland-Hansenbotnen is an icy Kar in East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . The mountain basin lies between the mountain ridges Berggravrista and Gramkroken in northern Sivorgfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1967 after Bjørn Krag Helland-Hansen (* 1903), son of the Norwegian oceanographer Bjørn Helland-Hansen and resistance fighter against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Helland-Hansenbotnen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Helland-Hansenbotnen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)