Walnumfjella
| Walnumfjella | ||
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| height | 2870 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 24 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Walnumfjella is a massive 2870 m high mountain in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises 6 km west of Widerøefjellet in the Sør Rondane Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain in 1946 using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . It is named after Ragnvald Walnum (1883–1953), chairman of the Norwegian whaling authority. Another mapping by Norwegian cartographers took place in 1957 using aerial photographs taken from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Mount Walnum in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Walnum on geographic.org (English)