Ryghnuten
| Ryghnuten | ||
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| height | 2630 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 50 ′ 18 ″ S , 11 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Ryghnuten ( Norwegian ) is a 2630 m high mountain in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the southern section of Sivorgfjella it rises on the southern flank of Bonnevie-Svendsenbreen .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1967. It is named after the Norwegian civil engineer Herlov Rygh (1902–1964), a leader of the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway in World War II and editor of the resistance newspaper London nytt .
Web links
- Ryghnuten in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Ryghnuten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)