Sandeggtind
| Sandeggtind | ||
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| height | 3055 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Conrad Mountains , Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 9 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Sandeggtind (Norwegian for sand ridge summit ) is a 3055 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the highest peak in the Conrad Mountains in the Orvinfjella and rises 1.5 km south of the Sandhø from the Sandegga .
Participants in the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher discovered and photographed him. Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it using aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Sandeggtind peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sandeggtind Peak on geographic.org (English)