Strandrudfjellet
| Strandrudfjellet | ||
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| height | 2070 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 25 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Strandrudfjellet is a 2070 m high mountain in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the mountains of Sør Rondane it rises from the glacial ice masses on the southeast side of the Austkampane .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the mountain, mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs of the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). It is named after Hans Strandrud (* 1909), aircraft mechanic on the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Strandrud Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Strandrud Mountain on geographic.org (English)