Kvalfinnen
| Kvalfinnen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sør Rondane Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 8 ′ S , 26 ° 24 ′ E | |
Kvalfinnen (Norwegian for whale fin ) is a 2670 m high mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Sør Rondane mountains, it rises on the western flank of Byrdbreen and 800 m north of Isachsenfjella .
Norwegian cartographers, who also used the descriptive naming, mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) carried out by the United States Navy .
Web links
- Kvalfinnen Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kvalfinnen Ridge on geographic.org (English)