Wildskorvene
| Wildskorvene | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mannefallknausane in Maudheimvidda | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 36 ′ S , 14 ° 25 ′ W | |
The Wildskorvene ( Norwegian ) are a mountain range from Nunatakkern in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the easternmost three mountain ridges of the Mannefallknausane in Maudheimvidda . The others are the Baileyranten and the Wilsonberga .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1967. It is named after David Peter Wild (1931–1965) from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , who died on October 12, 1965 with two companions when his snowmobile fell into a crevasse in Tottanfjella .
Web links
- Wildskorvene in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Wildskorvene in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory