Norselbukta
| Norselbukta | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Norselbukta is a small ice harbor on the Princess Martha coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies on the front of the Quartar Ice Shelf .
Participants in the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) named him after the expedition ship MV Norsel . During this research trip, the ice harbor was used to land material for the construction of the Maudheim station, which was built 1.5 km further south .
Web links
- Norsel Iceport in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Norsel Iceport on geographic.org (English)