Urfjell
| Urfjell | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Kirwanveggen in Maudheimvidda | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 53 ′ S , 5 ° 17 ′ W | |
The Urfjell are a series of cliffs and rock spurs in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . As part of the Kirwanveggen, they extend from the Urfjelldokka valley over a length of 16 km in a south-westerly direction.
Norwegian cartographers mapped the formation based on surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). Her name means something like "mountain with slopes strewn with debris".
Web links
- Urfjell Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Urfjell Cliffs on geographic.org (English)