Dekefjellet Mountain
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Dekefjellet Mountain is an elongated mountain
, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and surmounted by Kamskaya Peak
, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Skavlrimen Ridge
in the Weyprecht Mountains
, Queen Maud Land
. The feature is partly rock and partly covered with snow. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition
, 1938-39. The mountain was replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–60, and named Dekefjellet.
Mountain
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, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and surmounted by Kamskaya Peak
Kamskaya Peak
Kamskaya Peak is a highest peak, 2,690 m, of Dekefjellet Mountain in the Weyprecht Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic...
, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Skavlrimen Ridge
Skavlrimen Ridge
Skavlrimen Ridge is a largely snow-covered ridge, about 3 nautical miles long and surmounted in the north part by Vyatskaya Peak, located 1.5 nautical miles east of Dekefjellet Mountain in the Weyprecht Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic...
in the Weyprecht Mountains
Weyprecht Mountains
Weyprecht Mountains is a small group of mountains about 10 miles west of the Payer Mountains, forming the western half of the Hoel Mountains in Queen Maud Land. They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt...
, 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...
. The feature is partly rock and partly covered with snow. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition
New Swabia
New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...
, 1938-39. The mountain was replotted from air photos and surveys 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 Dekefjellet.