Skuggekammen
| Skuggekammen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 23 ′ S , 13 ° 40 ′ E | |
The Skuggekammen ( Norwegian for Shadow Ridge ) is a rugged mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises from Mentzelberg in the eastern part of the Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthat massif in a south-westerly direction.
It was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs by participants in the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . A new mapping based on further aerial photographs and measurements as well as the naming took place during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-1960).
Web links
- Skuggekammen Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skuggekammen Ridge on geographic.org (English)