Tustans
| Tustans | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sør Rondane | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 8 ′ S , 25 ° 17 ′ E | |
The toustans (Norwegian for lump ) are a mountain range in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the mountains of Sør Rondane, they rise up at the head of the Komsbreen .
Norwegian cartographers, who also used the descriptive naming, mapped it in 1957 using aerial photographs of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Tustane peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tustane Peaks on geographic.org (English)