Persaksla
| Persaksla | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Eastern Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Persaksla is a rock spur in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It marks the northern end of the eastern Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv .
It was discovered from the air and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Further aerial photographs and measurements were made during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after Jan Per Madsen, meteorologist on this research trip.
Web links
- Per track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- By track on geographic.org (English)