Tvora
Sign in to saveTvora () is a mountain with two north-trending spurs (or salients), about 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Straumsvola Mountain in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39). Remapped 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 Tvora (two ridges).
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Continent
- Antarctica
Show 1 more fact
- mountain range
- Sverdrup Mountains
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Tvora () is a mountain with two north-trending spurs (or salients), about 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Straumsvola Mountain in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39). Remapped 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 Tvora (two ridges).
Category:Mountains of Queen Maud Land Category:Princess Martha Coast
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tvora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations