Torsvirtops
| Torsvirtops | ||
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| height | 1604 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 35 ′ 18 ″ S , 11 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Torsviktoppen is a 1604 m high mountain in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . At the northern foothills of the Sivorgfjella it rises south of the Scharffenbergbotnen .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named him in 1987 after the Norwegian lawyer Harald Torsvik (1904-1941), a leader of the resistance movement against the German occupation of Norway during World War II , who was executed on November 26, 1941 by the occupiers.
Web links
- Torsviktoppen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Torsviktoppen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)