Tverregga
| Tverregga | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Kirwanveggen | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 23 ′ S , 3 ° 36 ′ W | |
Tverregga ( Norwegian for transverse back ) is a mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises 5 km west of the Hallgrenskarvet mountain in Kirwanveggen .
Norwegian cartographers gave the group a descriptive name and mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Tverregga trace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tverregga Spur on geographic.org (English)