Kyrkjeskipet
| Kyrkjeskipet | ||
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| height | 3085 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 6 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Kyrkjeskipet ( Norwegian for nave ) is a 3085 m high mountain peak in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises immediately north of the Kapellet Gorge and dominates the northeastern part of Jøkulkyrkja in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains .
The mountain was mapped on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960), whose participants also provided the descriptive naming.
Web links
- Kyrkjeskipet peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kyrkjeskipet Peak on geographic.org (English)
- Kyrkjeskipet on an aerial photo from January 31, 1939 of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 (PDF, geographical names added later)