Jøkulfallet
| Jøkulfallet | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 ′ S , 6 ° 42 ′ E | |
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Jøkulfallet ( Norwegian for glacier fall ) is a steep slope glacier in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains it is located on the northern flank of Jøkulkyrkja .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the glacier, mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Jøkulfallet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jøkulfallet on geographic.org (English)