Storeidet
| Storeidet ( mountain saddle ) |
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| Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
Storeidet (Norwegian for Great Land Bridge ) is a distinctive mountain saddle in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthat massif, it is 5.5 km west of the Eidshaugane .
Participants in the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher discovered and photographed him from the air. Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Storeidet Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Storeidet Col on geographic.org (English)