Mowinckel coast

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Mowinckel coast
Mowinckel Coast (Bouvet Island)
Cape Lollo
Cape Fie
location Bouvet Island
Waters South Atlantic
north Cape Lollo
54 ° 24 ′ 40.5 ″  S , 3 ° 25 ′ 41.3 ″  E
south Cape Fie
54 ° 26 ′ 42 ″  S , 3 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E

Coordinates: 54 ° 26 ′  S , 3 ° 26 ′  E

The Mowinckel Coast ( Norwegian Mowinckelkysten ) is a coast in the west of Bouvet Island . It is located between Cape Lollo in the north and Cape Fie in the south. The Victoria Terrace Coast connects to the northwest and the Vogt Coast to the west .

Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1980. It is named after the Norwegian shipowner and politician Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870–1943), three times Prime Minister of Norway .

Web links

  • Mowinckelkysten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)