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Vindegga Ridge

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 2, 2018
Entity authorityQ7932319 ↗
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Vindegga Ridge (72°57′S 3°46′W) is a ridge of low peaks extending north from Huldreslottet Mountain, in the south part of Borg Massif in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–52) and named Vindegga (the wind ridge).

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

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