Mount Walnum

Mount Walnum (72°6′S 24°10′E / 72.1°S 24.167°E / -72.1; 24.167) is a large mountain rising to 2,870 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Mount Wideroe in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37 and named for Ragnvald Walnum, one-time chairman of the Norwegian Whaling Board, who prepared an ice chart of Antarctica. Remapped by the Norwegians in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

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This Queen Maud Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Mountains of Queen Maud Land Princess Ragnhild Coast Queen Maud Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Mount Wallace Mount Walshe Look at other dictionaries: Mount Widerøe — (72°08′S 23°30′E / 72.133°S 23.5°E / 72.133; 23.5) is a large mountain rising to 3,180 m between Mount Walnum and Mount Nils Larsen in the Sør Rondane M …   Wikipedia Mount Wideroe — (coord|72|8|S|23|30|E|) is a large mountain rising to 3,180 m between Mount Walnum and Mount Nils Larsen in the Sor Rondane Mountains on the continent of Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”