Stone caret
| Stone caret | |||
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| Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Kurzegebirge in Orvinfjella | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 8 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Steinskaret ( Norwegian for Steinscharte ) is an icy notch in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located in the center of the Kurzegebirge immediately south of the Steinskaregga .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the formation based on aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) and gave it a descriptive name.
Web links
- Steinskaret Gap in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Steinskaret Gap on geographic.org (English)