Kvea (valley)
| Kvea | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 4 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Kvea (Norwegian for sheepfold ) is a rectangular valley filled with glacial ice in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains , it is north of Grytøyrfjellet between the mountain ridges Grinda and Skigarden .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the valley, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Kvea Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kvea Valley on geographic.org (English)