Tælavågisen
| Tælavågisen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heimefrontfjella | |
| surface | 16 km² | |
| width | ⌀ 7 km | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 22 ′ 48 ″ S , 9 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Tælavågisen ( Norwegian is) a 16 km-long and 7 km wide glacier area in the Heimefrontfjella the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It is located in the southern part of the Kottas Mountains .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1985. It is named after the fishing town of Tælavåg near Bergen , a conspiratorial center of resistance against the German occupation of Norway in World War II .
Web links
- Tælavågisen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Tælavågisen in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory