Gösta Peaks
The Gösta Peaks are the northeastern peaks of the Liljequist Heights, in the southern part of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition and from air photos by the Norwegian expedition, and were named for Gösta Hjalmar Liljequist, a Swedish meteorologist with the NBSAE.- Peak rising to 1,680 metres (5,512 feet)
- Description: Antarctic peaks
- Also known as“Goestapiggane”“Göstapiggane”
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-72.1° or 72° 6′ south
Longitude
-2.66667° or 2° 40′ west
Open location code
2CVVW82M+28
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gösta Peaks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Göstapiggane”
- Chinese: “約斯塔峰”
- Dutch: “Gösta Peaks”
- German: “Göstapiggane”
- Ladin: “Gösta Peaks”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Göstapiggane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Göstapiggane”
- Swedish: “Göstapiggane”
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