Rustad Knoll
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Rustad Knoll () is a rounded, snow-topped elevation (365 m) which surmounts the south shore of the island of
Bouvetøya Bouvet Island ( ; or ''Bouvetøyen'') is an island claimed by Norway, and declared an uninhabited protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ri ...
immediately east of
Cato Point Cato Point ()is a headland forming the southwest extremity of Bouvet Island. It was first charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun. The Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of ...
. First charted in 1898 by a German expedition under
Carl Chun Carl Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist. Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an a ...
. The knoll was recharted in December 1927 by the Norvegia expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt. They named it for Ditlef Rustad who was in charge of the biological research of the expedition.


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Hills of Antarctica Landforms of Bouvet Island {{BouvetIsland-geo-stub