Oskeladden
| Oskeladden | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Arktitscheski Institute rocks in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Oskeladden is a rocky outcrop in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises 1.4 km south of the Pål in the Arktitscheski Institute rock on the northwestern foothills of the Wohlthat massif .
The rock was discovered and first photographed from the air during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after the Oskeladden , a fictional character in many Norwegian legends and fairy tales.
Web links
- Oskeladden in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Oskeladden on geographic.org (English)