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Småsponen Nunatak

nunatak in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2022
Entity authorityQ7544284 ↗
Source-derived summary

Småsponen Nunatak (72°0′S 3°55′E) is a nunatak just northwest of Storsponen Nunatak, at the north side of Mount Hochlin in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Småsponen ("the little chip").

References

This article incorporates public domain material from "Småsponen Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Småsponen Nunatak” as nunatak in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Småsponen, Nunatak and nunatak can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as nunatak in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q7544284. Authority coordinates are -72.000, 3.917. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Småsponen Nunatak” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.