Komsa (mountain)

Komsa
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height	2960  m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Sør Rondane
Coordinates	72 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  S , 25 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 72 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  S , 25 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E

Komsa is a 2960  m high mountain in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the mountains of Sør Rondane it rises between the Komsbreen and the Salen .

Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). It is named after a cradle , as it has been used by the Sami since the times of the Komsa culture .

Web links

• Komsa Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Komsa Mountain on geographic.org (English)