Ormeryggen
| Ormeryggen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 4 ′ S , 14 ° 33 ′ E | |
The Ormeryggen ( Norwegian for snake back ) is a group of hills in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Payer group of Hoelfjella , its three large hills form the central part of the Linnormen mountain range . It rises southeast of Skavlhø .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also made the designation, mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Ormeryggen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ormeryggen on geographic.org (English)