Hoarding (Antarctica)
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height | 2470 m | |
location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Gjelsvikfjella | |
Coordinates | 72 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Horten is a 2470 m high mountain peak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In Gjelsvikfjella it rises south of the main peak of Risemedet .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the mountain, mapped it using aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Horten Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Horten Peak on geographic.org (English)