Sandhø
| Sandhø | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Conrad Mountains in Orvinfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 50 ′ S , 9 ° 47 ′ E | |
The Sandhø (Norwegian for Sandy Heights ) are hills in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . They form the summit region in the center of the Conrad Mountains in Orvinfjella .
They were 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 them, mapped them on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Sandhø Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sandhø Heights on geographic.org (English)