Steinskaregga Ridge
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Steinskaregga Ridge is a bare rock ridge just north of Steinskaret Gap
in the Kurze Mountains
of Queen Maud Land
. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
(1956–60) and named Steinskaregga (the stone gap ridge).
Steinskaret Gap
Steinskaret Gap is an ice-filled gap in the central Kurze Mountains, just south of Steinskaregga Ridge. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition and named Steinskaret ....
in the Kurze Mountains
Kurze Mountains
The Kurze Mountains are a range of mainly bare rock peaks, ridges and mountains about 20 nautical miles long and 6 nautical miles wide in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land...
of 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 from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...
(1956–60) and named Steinskaregga (the stone gap ridge).