Kyrkjetorget
| Kyrkjetorget | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ′ S , 6 ° 57 ′ E | |
The Kyrkjetorget (Norwegian for church market ) is an icy plateau in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is located in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains on the east side of Jøkulkyrkja .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped the plateau using aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Kyrkjetorget in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kyrkjetorget on geographic.org (English)