Itching combs
| Itching combs | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Heimefrontfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 59 ′ S , 12 ° 22 ′ W | |
The Juckeskammen is a mountain ridge up to 2170 m high in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises up in Tottanfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1973 after the geologist Lewis Menne Juckes (* 1942), who worked at Halley Station from 1964 to 1966 .
Web links
- Itching combs in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Itching combs in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)