Storsponen
| Storsponen | ||
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 Storsponen, Hoggestabben and Hochlinfjellet ( from left to right ) |
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Storsponen ( Norwegian for Large Span ) is a nunatak in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains it rises on the west side of the Hoggestabben .
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
- Storsponen Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Storsponen Nunatak on geographic.org (English)