Skarshovden

Skarshovden
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height	2830 m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv
Coordinates	71 ° 47 '0 " S , 11 ° 38' 0" E Coordinates: 71 ° 47 '0 " S , 11 ° 38' 0" E
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Skarshovden (Norwegian for Schartenhügel ) is a 2830 m high and rounded mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthatmassiv, it towers over the west side of the Hovdeskar .

He was 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 it, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).

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