Hovdeskar
| Hovdeskar ( col ) |
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| Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 47 '0 " S , 11 ° 39' 0" E | ||
The Hovdeskar ( Norwegian for hill Charter is) a notch in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthat massif, it is located immediately east of the Skarshovden at the head of the Skarsbrotet .
It was discovered and photographed from the air during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Hovdeskar Gap in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hovdeskar Gap on geographic.org (English)