Morsetbreen
| Morsetbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
| length | 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 43 ′ 48 ″ S , 11 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Morsetbreen ( Norwegian ) is an approximately 5 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In Heimefrontfjella it is located along the west side of the Malmrusta ridge in the south-western part of Sivorgfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1987 after the Norwegian teacher Peder Morset (1887-1943), a resistance fighter against the German occupation of Norway in World War II in Trondheim , of the Gestapo was arrested and executed on May 19, the 1,943th
Web links
- Morsetbreen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Morsetbreen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute