Waglenabben
| Waglenabben | ||
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| height | 1525 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kottasberge in Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 16 ′ 6 ″ S , 9 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Waglenabben is a 1525 m high nunatak in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the northernmost nunatak in the Kottas Mountains .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1969. It was named after the brothers Ivar William Wagle (1914–1944) and Tell Christian Wagle (1919–1944), who were killed by the Gestapo on July 4, 1944 during the German occupation of Norway in World War II . after their conspiratorial radio station was discovered.
Web links
- Waglenabben in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Waglenabben in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)