Skeidshornet
| Skeidshornet | ||
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| height | 2725 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Petermann chains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Skeidshornet is a 2725 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 8 km west-southwest of Mount Valikhanov from the ridge of the Petermann range in the Wohlthat massif .
The mountain was discovered and first mapped during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers used aerial photographs and measurements by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) to re-map and named the mountain.
Web links
- Skeidshornet peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skeidshornet Peak on geographic.org (English)