Røysane
| Røysane | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sør Rondane Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 19 ′ S , 23 ° 17 ′ E | |
Røysane (Norwegian for cairn ) is a group of rocky outcrops in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the mountains of Sør Rondane they rise 6 km southeast of the Nile Larsenfjellet .
Norwegian cartographers, who also made the descriptive naming, mapped the group in 1957 using aerial photographs of the US operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Røysane Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Røysane Rocks on geographic.org (English)