Langskavlen
| Langskavlen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 1 ′ S , 14 ° 29 ′ E | |
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The Langskalven (Norwegian for Long Snowdrift ) is a short and steep glaciers in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Payer group of Hoelfjella, it lies on the northern flank of Skavlhø .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it descriptively, mapped the glacier on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Langskalven Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Langskalven Glacier on geographic.org (English)