Kibergdalen
| Kibergdalen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heimefrontfjella | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 56 ′ S , 11 ° 34 ′ W | |
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| length | 19 km | |
The Kibergdalen is a 19 km long valley of the Heimefrontfjella in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies between the Sivorgfjella and the Tottanfjella .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1985 after the village of Kiberg in Finnmark , Norway , which played a key role in passing on information to the Soviet Union in the fight against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Kibergdalen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Kibergdalen in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory