Sandegga
| Sandegga | ||
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| Highest peak | Sandeggtind ( 3055 m ) | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Conrad Mountains in Orvinfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ' S , 9 ° 43' E | |
The Sandegga (Norwegian for sand ridge ) is a mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Conrad Mountains of Orvinfjella , it extends from Sandhø over a length of 5 km in a southerly direction.
He was 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 it, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Sandegga Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sandegga Ridge on geographic.org (English)