Ulvetanna Peak
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Ulvetanna Peak is a sharp peak
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...

, 2,930 m, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Kinntanna Peak
Kinntanna Peak
Kinntanna Peak is a sharp peak, 2,725 m, about 1 nautical mile north of Holtanna Peak in the east part of Fenriskjeften Mountain in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition and named Kinntanna ....

 in the east part of Fenriskjeften Mountain
Fenriskjeften Mountain
Fenriskjeften Mountain is a large bare rock mountain which in plan resembles a hairpin, forming the south portion of Drygalski Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition...

 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...

. 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 Ulvetanna (the wolf tooth).

First ascent

The summit was first reached in February 1994 by Robert Caspersen, Sjur Nesheim and Ivar Tollefsen by its NW face.

Later ascents

In November 2006 Caspersen and Tollefsen returned and with Stein-Ivar Gravdal and Trond Hilde climbed in 16 days the North face

In December 2008 by Alexander Huber
Alexander Huber
Alexander Huber , is a German physicist, climber and mountaineer. He lives in Traunstein.When they were still young Alexander Huber and his brother Thomas Huber were taken into the mountains by their father, Thomas Huber, himself a noted climber known for early fast ascents of now classic climbs...

, Thomas Huber
Thomas Huber
Thomas Huber , is a German climber and mountaineer. He lives in Berchtesgaden with his family. His brother and climbing partner is the German climber Alexander Huber....

 and Stephan Siegrist by the NW buttress.

In December 2010 Valery Rozov made a basejump from the peak flying 45 seconds in the air before opening his parachute. A movie of this can be seen on YouTube.
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