Storsåtklubben
| Storsåtklubben | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Petermann chains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 25 ′ S , 12 ° 25 ′ E | |
The Storsåtklubben ( Norwegian for Big flail is) a 5 km long ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the middle Petermann chain of the Wohlthat massif, it rises 8 km northeast of the rock island .
He was discovered and photographed from the air during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Storsåtklubben Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Storsåtklubben Ridge on geographic.org (English)