Petrellfjellet
| Petrellfjellet | ||
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| height | 2678 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Luz ridge in the Mühlig-Hofmann mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 4 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Petrellfjellet ( Norwegian for Petrel mountain is) a 2678 m high, distinctive and mainly ice-free mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises from the Luz ridge in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains between the Slokstallen and Grytøyrfjellet mountains .
Norwegian cartographers named the mountain and mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Petrellfjellet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Petrellfjellet on geographic.org (English)