Lyftingen
| Lyftingen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ahlmannryggen | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Lyftingen (Norwegian for Viking ship deck ) is a mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises immediately southeast of the Kjølrabbane near the southwest end of the Ahlmannryggen .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the hill, carried out a mapping based on aerial photographs and measurements of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Lyftingen Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lyftingen Peak on geographic.org (English)