Spraglegga
| Spraglegga | ||
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| Highest peak | Stenkatoppen ( 2350 m ) | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 55 ′ S , 14 ° 45 ′ E | |
Spraglegga is a partly rocky, partly snow-covered mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the payer group of Hoelfjella it rises 7 km southeast of Kvævefjellet . The highest peak is the Stenkatoppen at 2350 m .
It was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named the ridge, mapped it on the basis of measurements and other aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Spraglegga Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spraglegga Ridge on geographic.org (English)