Tallaksenvarden
| Tallaksenvarden | ||
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| height | 895 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lingetoppane in Fimbulheimen | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 52 ′ 6 ″ S , 11 ° 31 ′ 30 ″ E | |
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The Tallaksenvarden ( Norwegian ) is a 895 m high nunatak in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises in the northwestern part of the Lingetoppane in Fimbulheimen .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1969. It is named after Johan Edvard Tallaksen (1918–1944), a resistance fighter in the Norwegian Independent Company No. 1 against the German occupation of Norway in World War II , who died by suicide on November 29, 1944 in Gestapo custody in Akershus fortress .
Web links
- Tallaksenvarden in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Tallaksenvarden in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory