Snøskalkhausen
| Snøskalkhausen | ||
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| height | 2650 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Weyprechtberge in Hoelfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 13 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Snøskalkhausen (Norwegian for piece of snow skull ) is a 2650 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In Hoelfjella it marks the south-western end of the Weyprecht Mountains .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . 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
- Snøskalkhausen Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Snøskalkhausen Peak on geographic.org (English)