Skarskvervet
| Skarskvervet | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 45 ′ S , 11 ° 30 ′ E | |
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Skarskvervet (Norwegian for Swirling wind gap ) is a small cirque glacier in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthatmassiv , it is on the east side of the Botnfjellet .
He was discovered and photographed from the air during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named the glacier, mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Skarskvervet Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skarskvervet Glacier on geographic.org (English)