Isdalen
| Isdalen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Well-being, massive | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Isdalen ( Norwegian glacial valley ) is an icy valley in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies between the Aurdalsegga and Isdalsegga mountain ranges in the southern Petermann chain of the Wohlthat massif .
The valley was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . A new mapping based on our own aerial photographs and measurements as well as the descriptive naming were carried out during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Isdalen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Isdalen on geographic.org (English)