Schivestolen
| Schivestolen | ||
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 View of the Schivestolen from the west |
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| height | 2195 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kottasberge in Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 9 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Schivestolen ( Norwegian ) is a 2195 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In Heimefrontfjella, it rises as the highest peak of the Kottas Mountains in the south-western part of Helsetskarvet .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1969 after the Norwegian officer Jacob Schive (1897–1969), a leader of the military resistance against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Geologically, the summit area of the Schivestolen consists of almost flat-lying sandstones from the Lower Permian , into which a basaltic storage corridor penetrated during the Jura .
Web links
- Schivestolen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Schivestolen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)