Widerøefjellet
| Widerøefjellet | ||
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| height | 3180 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 23 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Widerøefjellet is a massive 3180 m high mountain in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises between the mountains Walnumfjella and Nils Larsenfjellet in the mountains of Sør Rondane .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain in 1946 using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . It is named after Viggo Widerøe (1904–2002), a pilot on this expedition. Another mapping by Norwegian cartographers took place in 1957 using aerial photographs taken from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Mount Widerøe in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Widerøe on geographic.org (English)