Toftefallet
| Toftefallet | ||
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| location | Peter I Island | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 50 ′ S , 90 ° 41 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Tofte glacier | |
Toftefallet ( Norwegian ) is a glacier slope on the west coast of the Antarctic Peter I Island . It is on the south side of the Tofteaksla . The north-eastern part of the Tofte Glacier belongs to it .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1987. It is named after Eyvind Tofte (1880–1968), the captain of the Odd I on the Antarctic voyage financed from 1926 to 1927 by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen .
Web links
- Toftefallet in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Toftefallet in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute