Ristkalvane
| Ristkalvane | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shcherbakov Mountains in Orvinfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 41 ′ S , 10 ° 36 ′ E | |
The Ristkalvane (Norwegian for back calves are) a small group of Nunatakkern in East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . They form the northern end of the Shcherbakov Mountains in the Orvinfjella . The Ristebrekka glacier slope lies on its south side .
They were discovered and photographed from the air during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, made a map using aerial photographs and measurements made by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Ristkalvane nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ristkalvane Nunataks on geographic.org (English)