Jøkulgavlen
| Jøkulgavlen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Borg massif | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 42 ′ S , 3 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Jøkulgavlen ( Norwegian for glacier fork ) is a distinctive and flattened ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Borg massif , it forms the southern part of Jøkulskarvet .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Jøkulgavlen Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jøkulgavlen Ridge on geographic.org (English)