Stenersenknatten
| Stenersenknatten | ||
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| height | 870 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lingetoppane in Fimbulheimen | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 52 ′ 48 ″ S , 11 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Stenersenknatten ( Norwegian ) is an 870 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the northwestern part of the Lingetoppane in Fimbulheimen .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1969. It is named after Tor Greiner Stenersen (1917–1944), a resistance fighter in the Norwegian Independent Company No. 1 against the German occupation of Norway in World War II , which was killed by the occupiers on April 2, 1944 while trying to escape.
Web links
- Stenersenknatten in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Stenersenknatten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)