Wilsonberga
| Wilsonberga | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mannefallknausane in Maudheimvidda | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 35 ′ S , 14 ° 32 ′ W | |
The Wilsonberga ( Norwegian ) are is a mountain ridge from Nunatakkern in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the middle of the three mountain ridges of the Mannefallknausane in Maudheimvidda . The others are the Baileyranten and the Wildskorvene .
Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1967. It is named after John Kershaw Wilson (1936–1965) from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , who died on October 12, 1965 with two companions when a snowmobile fell into a crevasse in Tottanfjella .
Web links
- Wilsonberga in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Wilsonberga in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute