Norvegiaodden
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 26 ′ S , 3 ° 18 ′ E | |
| location | Bouvet Island | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Bollevika | |
 Map of Bouvet Island with Norvegiaodden Point (left) |
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Norvegiaodden ( Norwegian for Norvegiaspitze , English Norvegia Point ) is a headland on the Esmarch coast in the west of Bouvetinsel . It is located a good 4 km south of Cape Circoncision , the north-western headland of the island.
The first rough mapping was carried out in 1898 by the German Valdivia expedition (1898–1899) under the direction of the zoologist and deep-sea researcher Carl Chun . A new mapping took place in December 1927 during the Norvegia research voyage under Captain Harald Horntvedt (1879-1946). It is named after Horntvedt's ship.
Web links
- Norvegia Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Norvegia Point on geographic.org (English)
- Norvegiaodden on the website of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)