Vitnestones
| Vitnestones | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Eastern Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 14 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Vitnesteinen (Norwegian for witness stone ) is a large rocky outcrop in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . In the Wohlthatmassiv it rises on the west side of the eastern Petermann chain .
The formation was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped the rock using aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Vitnesteinen Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vitnesteinen Rock on geographic.org (English).