Lars Nunatak
| Lars Nunatak | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 4 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Lars Nunatak ( Norwegian Larsgaddane 'Lars Hill' ) is an isolated Nunatak in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains it rises 8 km west of the Skigarden ridge .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after Lars Hochlin (* 1929), radio operator and dog sled driver on this research trip. The Norwegian name suggests that it is a group of hills . In order to better reflect the actual nature of the object, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names decided in 1967 to adapt this designation.
Web links
- Lars Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lars Nunatak on geographic.org (English)