Syningen
| Syningen | ||
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| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hansenfjella | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 59 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Syningen ( Norwegian for sightseeing , also known as Lindsay-Nunatak ) is a nunatak in the East Antarctic Kempland . In the Hansenfjella it rises 1.5 km south of the lake Nunatak .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The name given by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) is named after Lindsay Smith, a helicopter mechanic in a 1965 campaign as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions .
Web links
- Syningen Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Syningen Nunatak on geographic.org (English)