Torgnyskjeret
| Torgnyskjeret | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Drygalski Mountains in Orvinfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 ′ S , 8 ° 6 ′ E | |
The Torgnyskjeret is a mountain of bare rock in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Drygalski Mountains in the Orvinfjella it rises 3 km west of the Fenriskjeften .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . 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 Torgny Vinje (1929–2015), meteorologist on this research trip.
Web links
- Torgny peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Torgny Peak on geographic.org (English)