Kvitkjølen
| Kvitkjølen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sverdrupfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 24 ′ S , 0 ° 49 ′ E | |
The Kvitkjølen ( Norwegian for White Kiel ) is a rocky mountain range in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It is located between the Kvitsvodene valley and Isingbreen in Sverdrupfjella .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939). Norwegian cartographers mapped it using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE, 1949–1952) and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Kvitkjølen Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kvitkjølen Ridge on geographic.org (English)