Winsnesfjellet

Winsnesfjellet
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height	2702  m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Sør Rondane
Coordinates	72 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  S , 25 ° 42 ′ 30 ″  E Coordinates: 72 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  S , 25 ° 42 ′ 30 ″  E

The Winsnesfjellet is a 2,702  m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Sør Rondane mountains, it rises on the west side of the Bergersenfjella .

Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1973 after the Norwegian geologist Thore Schanke Winsnes (* 1922), head of the Fourth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1968–1969).

Web links

• Winsnesfjellet in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
• Winsnesfjellet in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory