Sandneskalven
| Sandneskalven | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Conrad Mountains , Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 9 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Sandneskalven (Norwegian for sand-nosed calf ) is an isolated nunatak in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Conrad Mountains of Orvinfjella, it rises 10 km east of the headland of Sandneset .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it after the name of the headland, mapped it using aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Sandneskalven Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sandneskalven Nunatak on geographic.org (English)