Nålegga
| Nålegga | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Borg massif in the Maudheimvidda | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 39 ′ S , 4 ° 3 ′ W | |
The Nålegga ( Norwegian for needle ridge ) is a narrow and 2245 m high mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It marks the northern end of the Seilkopfberge in the Maudheimvidda Borg massif .
Norwegian cartographers named them and mapped them on the basis of aerial photographs and surveys of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Nålegga Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nålegga Ridge on geographic.org (English)