Salen (Queen Maud Land)
| Salen | ||
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| height | 2950 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ S , 25 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Salen (Norwegian for saddle ) is a 2950 m high mountain in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Sør Rondane Mountains, it rises between Mount Komsa and Salbreen .
Norwegian cartographers, who named it descriptively based on its shape, mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Salen Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salen Mountain on geographic.org (English)