Rimekalvane
| Rimekalvane | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Weyprechtberge in Hoelfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 3 ' S , 13 ° 38' E | |
The Rimekalvane (Norwegian for Frost calves are) a small group of Nunatakkern in East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Weyprecht Mountains of the Hoelfjella they rise 6 km east of the Dekefjellrantane . The Okskaya Nunatak belongs to the group .
They were discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also made the name, mapped it again using aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Rimekalvane nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rimekalvane Nunataks on geographic.org (English)