Rundvågshetta
| Rundvågshetta | ||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 53 ′ S , 39 ° 0 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Prince Harald Coast | |
| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Waters 2 | Rundvåg | |
| height | 160 m | |
Rundvågshetta ( Norwegian for round bay head ) is a rocky and up to 160 m high headland on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located on the southwestern edge of Rundvåg Bay on the southeast coast of Lützow-Holm Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it after Rundvåg Bay, mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Rundvågs Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rundvågs Head on geographic.org (English)