Urfjellgavlen
| Urfjellgavlen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kirwanveggen in Maudheimvidda | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 5 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Urfjellgavlen is a mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the southern part of the cliffs of Urfjell in the southwest of Kirwanveggen in Maudheimvidda .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1972 based on the name of Urfjell ( Norwegian for mountain with scree-strewn slopes ).
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1622 (English)
Web links
- Urfjellgavlen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Urfjellgavlen in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory