Cheek nubs
| Cheek nubs | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heimefrontfjella | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The cheekbone is a rocky outcrop in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises up near Bieringmulen in Skjønsbergskarvet .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1987. It is named after the Norwegian railway engineer Johan Wangen (1882 - unknown), who supplied resistance groups against the German occupation of Norway with equipment and weapons during World War II .
Web links
- Cheek nubs in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Cheek nubs in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute