Standard grooves
| Standard grooves | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 45 ′ S , 11 ° 41 ′ W | |
The Norumnuten ( Norwegian ) is a 3 km long and up to 2224 m high mountain ridge in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises north-west of Paalnibba in Skjønsbergskarvet of Sivorgfjella .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1987. It is named after Kåre Arvid Norum (1907–1981), a resistance fighter against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Standard slots in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Standard minutes in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)