Vorrnipa
| Vorrnipa | ||
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| height | 2320 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kirwanveggen , Maudheimvidda | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 1 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Vorrnipa ( Norwegian for projecting peak is) a 2320 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Kirwanveggen, it rises from the Neumayer steep face immediately south of the Vestvorren ridge .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the mountain, mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) from 1958 to 1959 .
Web links
- Vorrnipa Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vorrnipa Peak on geographic.org (English)