Risteles
| Risteles | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 59 ′ S , 5 ° 37 ′ E | |
The Ristelen (Norwegian for ploughshare ) is a rocky mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains it rises 8 km southeast of the summit of the Breplogen between the Vestre and Austre Skorvebreen .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it descriptively, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Ristelen track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ristelen Spur on geographic.org (English)