Svarthausane
| Svarthausane | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Southern Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 40 ′ S , 12 ° 40 ′ E | |
The Svarthausane ( Norwegian for black rocks ) are a group of cliffs in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Wohlthatmassiv they form the northeastern end of the southern Petermann chain and are towered over by the Zhil'naya Mountain .
They were discovered and mapped during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Participants of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) carried out a new mapping based on their own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs and gave the formation its descriptive name.
Web links
- Svarthausane Crags in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Svarthausane Crags on geographic.org (English)