Steingardsøkket
| Steingardsøkket | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Fimbulheimen | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 15 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Steingardsøkket ( Norwegian for Stone Guardian Basin ) is a flat, icy valley in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is located southwest of the Nunatakker group Steingarden in the eastern foothills of the Fimbulheimen .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1973 based on the naming of the neighboring Nunatakker group.
Web links
- Steingardsøkket in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Steingardsøkket in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)