Jahntinden
| Jahntinden | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 44 ′ 54 " S , 11 ° 35 ′ 30" W | |
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The Jahntinden is a mountain in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises up from Sivorgfjella in Skjønsbergskarvet .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1967. It is named after the Norwegian politician Gunnar Jahn (1883–1971), a leader of the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Jahntinden in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Jahntinden in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute