Trolltunga (Antarctica)
| Trolltunga | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 30 ′ S , 0 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Lazarev lake | |
The Trolltunga ( Norwegian for Troll tongue ; Russian Шельфовый Ледник Беллинсгаузена Schelfowy Lednik Bellinsgausena , German 'Bellingshausen glacier tongue' ) is a tongue of ice at the eastern end of the Princess Martha coast of the Queen's East Arctic Land . It is the seaward extension of the Jutulstraumen north of the Fimbul Ice Shelf .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1962.
Web links
- Trolltunga in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Trolltunga in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute