Vindegga (Wohlthatmassiv)
| Vindegga | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Well-being, massive | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 ′ S , 11 ° 19 ′ E | |
The Vindegga (Norwegian for ridge of the wind ) is a prominent mountain ridge in Queen Maud's East Antarctica . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthat massif, it rises south of the Vindegghallet glacier and 1.5 km south of the Abolin Rock .
He was discovered and photographed during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . 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
- Vindegga trace in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vindegga Spur on geographic.org (English)