Langhovde
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 14 ′ S , 39 ° 44 ′ E | |
The Langhovde ( English Langhovde Hills ) is an extensive area of rocky hills along the eastern shore of the Lützow-Holm Bay immediately south of the Hovdebukta on the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land .
Norwegian cartographers mapped these hills using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . Her name translates as "long hill".
Web links
- Langhovde Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Langhovde Hills on geographic.org (English)