Tønnesenbreen
| Tønnesenbreen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains and Gjelsvikfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 4 ′ S , 3 ° 28 ′ E | |
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The Tønnesenbreen is a glacier in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It flows between the Hochlinfjellet and the Ruhnkeberg and thereby separates the Gjelsvikfjella from the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after Jarl Tønnesen (* 1919), who worked as a meteorologist on this research trip from 1956 to 1958 .
Web links
- Tønnesen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tønnesen Glacier on geographic.org (English)