Nupskapa Peak
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Nupskapa Peak is an icecapped peak
, 2,450 m, just south of Reece Valley
in the Sverdrup Mountains
, Queen Maud Land
. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
(NBSAE) (1949–52). Rephotographed by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Nupskapa (the peak cloak).
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 2,450 m, just south of Reece Valley
Reece Valley
Reece Valley is an ice-filled valley between Gavlen Ridge and Nupskapa Peak, in the south part of the Sverdrup Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and air photos by the Norwegian expedition...
in the Sverdrup Mountains
Sverdrup Mountains
The Sverdrup Mountains are a group of mountains about long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Krüger forms the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains....
, 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 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) (1949–52). Rephotographed by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Nupskapa (the peak cloak).