Oppkuven Peak
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Oppkuven Peak is a peak
2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Gavlen Ridge
in the Roots Heights
, Sverdrup Mountains
, in Queen Maud Land
. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition
(1938–39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
(NBSAE) (1949–52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Oppkuven (the ascent 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 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Gavlen Ridge
Gavlen Ridge
Gavlen Ridge is a ridge forming the south extremity of Roots Heights, in the south part of the Sverdrup Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
in the Roots Heights
Roots Heights
Roots Heights is an ice-free heights between Reece Valley and Skarsdalen Valley in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition . Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition...
, Sverdrup Mountains
Sverdrup Mountains
The Sverdrup Mountains are a group of mountains about long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Krüger forms the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains....
, 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...
. Photographed from the air by the 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). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...
(NBSAE) (1949–52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Oppkuven (the ascent peak).