Møgsterbrekka
| Møgsterbrekka | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 49 ′ S , 11 ° 23 ′ W | |
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Møgsterbrekka ( Norwegian ) is a glacier slope in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In Heimefrontfjella it is on the south side of Bonnevie-Svendsenbreen .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1987. It is named after Abelone Møgster (1883–1975), a resistance fighter against the German occupation of Norway in World War II , who, together with her brother, helped British agents and Norwegian victims to flee to the United Kingdom .
Web links
- Møgsterbrekka in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Møgsterbrekka in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)