Hogfonna Mountain
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Hogfonna Mountain is a high, flat, snow-topped mountain
Mountain
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 with sheer rock sides, standing 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Hogskavlen Mountain
Hogskavlen Mountain
Hogskavlen Mountain is a prominent, flattish, snow-topped mountain just northeast of Domen Butte in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named Hogskavlen ....

 in the Borg Massif
Borg Massif
Borg Massif is a spectacular mountain massif, about long and with summits above , situated along the northwest side of the Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. The tallest peak, at , is Hogsaetet Mountain...

, Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...

. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...

 (NBSAE) (1949–1952), led by John Schjelderup Giæver, and named Hogfonna (the high snowfield).

Hogfonnaksla Ridge (72°44′S 3°34′W), a high rock ridge, forms the north end of the mountain, while Hogfonnhornet Peak (72°46′S 3°37′W) surmounts its southern extremity.
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