Steinnes
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 21 ′ S , 76 ° 36 ′ E | |
| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Ingrid Christensen Coast | |
| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
The Steinnes ( Norwegian for stone nose ) is a rocky headland on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It protrudes 6 km east-northeast of the Larsemann Hills in the southeast part of Prydz Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them descriptively, mapped them using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Steinnes in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Steinnes on geographic.org (English)