Skeidshovden
Skeidshovden | ||
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height | 2730 m | |
location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Well-being, massive | |
Coordinates | 72 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Skeidshovden is a 2730 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises at the southwest end of the Wohlthatmassiv .
It was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs 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 aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Skeidshovden Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skeidshovden Mountain on geographic.org (English)