Kvitkuven

Kvitkuven
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location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Coordinates	72 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  S , 16 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 72 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  S , 16 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W

Kvitkuven ( Norwegian for white hump ) is a 25 km long ice dome on the Princess Martha coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises from the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf .

Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1984.

Web links

• Kvitkuven in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
• Kvitkuven in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory