Vesthovde
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 45 ′ S , 37 ° 23 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Prince Harald Coast | |
| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
Vesthovde ( Norwegian for west height ) is an icy headland with numerous rocky outcrops on the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It forms the western part of the Botnneset peninsula on the south bank of the Lützow-Holm-Bucht .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Vesthovde Headland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vesthovde Headland on geographic.org (English)