Magnusson knuckles
| Magnusson knuckles | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Milorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 9 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Magnusson Knausen is a nunatak in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises from the ice masses in the south-western part of Milorgfjella between the Rieber-Mohnberget and the Hanssonhorna .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1987 after Oscar Magnusson (1911–1987), a Norwegian porter and central figure in the resistance movement in Bergen against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Magnusson knuckles in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Magnusson knuckles in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory