Mount Flånuten

Mount Flånuten (71°47′S 11°17′E / 71.783°S 11.283°E / -71.783; 11.283Coordinates: 71°47′S 11°17′E / 71.783°S 11.283°E / -71.783; 11.283) is a mountain 2,725 metres (8,940 ft) high extending as a massif between Livdebotnen Cirque and Vindegghallet Glacier, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39. It was mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys of the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named Flånuten (the flat summit).[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Flånuten, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-27.

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