Melfjellet
Melfjellet is a prominent rock outcrop in the eastern part of the Hansen Mountains, Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles southeast of See Nunatak. It was mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.- Mountain rising to 1,677 metres (5,502 feet)
- …is also known as “Whiting Nunatak”
- Description: Rock outcrop in Kemp Land, Antarctica
Melfjellet
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.35° or 68° 21′ south
Longitude
59.2° or 59° 12′ east
Open location code
3H3XM52X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Melfjellet” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Melfjellet (bukid sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Melfjellet”
- Chinese: “梅爾菲耶萊特岩”
- Dutch: “Melfjellet”
- German: “Melfjellet”
- Ladin: “Melfjellet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Melfjellet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melfjellet”
- Swedish: “Melfjellet (berg i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Melfjellet, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Melfjellet”
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