Skalleviksodden
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Skalleviksodden English : Skallevik Point |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 41 ′ S , 39 ° 15 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Prince Harald Coast | |
| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Waters 2 | Skallevika | |
Skalleviksodden ( Norwegian for Skull Bay Point ) is a headland on the Prince Harald Coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It marks the northwestern end of the Skallevikhalsen group of hills on the southeastern bank of the Lützow-Holm-Bucht .
Norwegian cartographers named it based on the name of the neighboring bay Skallevika and mapped it using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Skallevik Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skallevik Point on geographic.org (English)