Detail from Festninga Mountain

Festninga Mountain is a broad, ice-topped mountain, 2,535 metres (8,320 ft) high, standing west of Mount Hochlin at the west end of the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains, in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. it was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Festninga (the fortress).[1] Austvollen Bluff forms the east side of the mountain.

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References

  1. ↑ "Festninga Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-22.

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72°7′S 3°43′E / 72.117°S 3.717°E / -72.117; 3.717


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