Nils Jørgennutane
| Nils Jørgennutane | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Ahlmannryggen | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 52 ′ S , 2 ° 36 ′ W | |
The Nils Jørgennutane are a group of small mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In Ahlmannryggen they rise 11 km northeast of the Schumacherfjellet .
Norwegian cartographers, who gave the group its name, mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE, 1949–1952) and aerial photographs taken between 1958 and 1959 during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) originated. It is named after Nils Jørgen Schumacher (1919–2005), senior meteorologist at the NBSAE.
Web links
- Nils Jørgen Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nils Jørgen Peaks on geographic.org (English)