Vedskålen
| Vedskålen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 3 ′ S , 3 ° 56 ′ E | |
The Vedskålen (Norwegian for woodshed is) a striking, existing of rock and ice ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains it extends on the northwest side of the Hochlinfjellet .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Vedskålen Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vedskålen Ridge on geographic.org (English)