Hovdeneset
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Hovdeneset Langhovde-kita-misaki, Langhovde-kita Point |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 17 ′ S , 39 ° 41 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Prince Harald Coast | |
| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
Hovdeneset (Norwegian for hill nose , Japanese ラ ン グ ホ ブ デ 北 Langhovde-kita-misaki , German 'Langhovdenordspitze' ) is a headland on the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . On the east bank of the Lützow-Holm Bay , it forms the northern end of the Langhovde group of hills .
Participants in a Japanese Antarctic expedition conducted from 1957 to 1962 surveyed the headland and named it. Norwegian cartographers translated this name into Norwegian. In the English-speaking world, it is known as Langhovde-kita Point .
Web links
- Langhovde-kita Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Langhovde-kita Point on geographic.org (English)