Trollslottet Mountain
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Trollslottet Mountain is a high ridgelike mountain
with several prominent peaks, forming the northwest limit of the Filchner Mountains
in Queen Maud Land
. Plotted from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
(1956–60) and named Trollslottet (the troll castle).
Mountain
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with several prominent peaks, forming the northwest limit of the Filchner Mountains
Filchner Mountains
Filchner Mountains is a mountain range 11 km southwest of Drygalski Mountains, at the west end of the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the German expedition to the...
in 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...
. Plotted 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 Trollslottet (the troll castle).