Skeidskar
| Skeidskar | |||
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| Compass direction | southeast | Northwest | |
| Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
Skeidskar is a narrow mountain pass in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthat massif , it runs in the middle of the ridge on the southeast flank of the Skarskvervet glacier .
Participants in the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher discovered and photographed him from the air. Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Skeidskar Gap in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skeidskar Gap on geographic.org (English)