Hornet (mountain)
| Hornet | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Regula chain in Ahlmannryggen | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 2 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Hornet ( Norwegian for horn ) is a pointed mountain peak in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . He penetrates 5 km west of Snøhetta in Regula chain of Ahlmannryggen on.
Norwegian cartographers named the mountain descriptively and mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and surveys of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Hornet Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hornet Peak on geographic.org (English)