Nupsskåka
| Nupsskåka | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kurzegebirge in Orvinfjella | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 8 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Nupsskåka (Norwegian for summit shaft ) is an icy valley in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . In short Mountains of the Orvin Mountains , it is located on the southwest side of the Nupsskarvet .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the valley, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Nupsskåka Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nupsskåka Valley on geographic.org (English)