Tvistein
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| location | Peter I Island , Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 42 ′ S , 90 ° 40 ′ W | |
The Tvistein (Norwegian for double stone ) are two rock columns flattened at their tips on the Antarctic Peter I Island . They rise up 1.5 km south of Cape Eva .
The Norwegian captain Eyvind Tofte discovered them in 1927 on the Antarctic voyage of Odd I (1926–1927) financed by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen . They were only named two years later in the course of the second Antarctic voyage with the Norvegia (1928–1929), which was also financed by Christensen .
Web links
- Tvistein Pillars in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tvistein Pillars on geographic.org (English)