Skarshaugane
| Skarshaugane | ||
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| Highest peak | Taborovskiy Peak ( 2895 m ) | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 49 ′ S , 11 ° 37 ′ E | |
The Skarshaugane (Norwegian for Schartenhöhen ) are a group of mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthat massif , the mountains from the Hovdeskar extend over 5 km in a southerly direction.
The mountains 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
- Skarshaugane Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skarshaugane Peaks on geographic.org (English)