Otto Knatten
| Otto Knatten | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 40 ′ 24 ″ S , 11 ° 20 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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The Ottosenknatten ( Norwegian ) is a nunatak in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises up on the northern flank of Sir Minuten in the northwestern part of Sivorgfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1987. It is named after the Norwegian non-fiction author Kristian Ottosen (1921-2006), a leader of the resistance movement in Bergen against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Ottosenknatten in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Ottosenknatten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)