Torbjørnskjer
| Torbjørnskjer | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 53 ′ S , 6 ° 21 ′ E | |
Torbjørnskjer are a group of rocky outcrops in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains they rise up at the mouth of the Lunde Glacier .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). It is named after the Norwegian glaciologist Torbjørn Lunde (* 1928), who was involved in this research trip from 1956 to 1958.
Web links
- Torbjørn Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Torbjørn Rocks on geographic.org (English)