Knutsufsene
| Knutsufsene | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 24 ′ S , 13 ° 2 ′ E | |
The Knutsufsene are several small and north-facing rocky outcrops in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . They rise 8 km east of Deildegasten in the southwestern part of the Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthat massif .
They were discovered and mapped during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, carried out a new mapping based on aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). Name giver is Knut Ødegaard, radio operator on the latter research trip between 1958 and 1959.
Web links
- Knut Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Knut Rocks on geographic.org (English)