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Håhellerskarvet, meaning "shark cave mountain" in Norwegian, is a high partially ice-covered mountain between
Austreskorve Glacier Austreskorve Glacier () is a broad glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains which drains north from a position just east of the head of Vestreskorve Glacier and passes along the east side of Breplogen Mountain. It was mapped and named from sur ...
and
Lunde Glacier Lunde Glacier () is a glacier about long flowing northwest between Håhellerskarvet and Jøkulkyrkja Mountain in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains on the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land. Discovery and naming The glacier was mapped by Nor ...
in the
Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains () is a major group of associated mountain features extending east to west for between the Gjelsvik Mountains and the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Jøkulkyrk ...
of
Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20th meridian west, 20° west, specifically the Caird Coast, ...
,
East Antarctica East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere south of the Indian Ocean, and separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic ...
. Other nearby geographic features include Håhelleren Cove, indenting the north side of Håhellerskarvet, Håhelleregga Ridge, an irregular rock
ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest, wi ...
just north of Håhellerskarvet, Håhellerbotnen Cirque, a large
cirque A (; from the Latin word ) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by Glacier#Erosion, glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from , meaning a pot or cauldron) and ; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform a ...
on the east side of Håhelleregga Ridge, and Jøkulkyrkja, a broad, ice-topped mountain located east of
Lunde Glacier Lunde Glacier () is a glacier about long flowing northwest between Håhellerskarvet and Jøkulkyrkja Mountain in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains on the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land. Discovery and naming The glacier was mapped by Nor ...
. All of these geographic features were plotted from surveys and air photos by the
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (''Den norske antarktisekspedisjonen'') was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud's Land in Antarctica. The expedition was based at Norway Station () which was located on the Fimbul Ice Shelf bordering th ...
(1956–60).


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Cirques of Queen Maud Land Coves of Queen Maud Land Mountains of Queen Maud Land Ridges of Queen Maud Land Princess Astrid Coast {{PrincessAstridCoast-geo-stub