Larsemann Hills [SEP] continent
Larsemann Hills
The Larsemann Hills are a series of low rounded coastal hills along the southeastern shore of Prydz Bay, Antarctica extending for from Dålk Glacier. They were discovered in February 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen from the whaling ship "Thorshavn", sent out by Norwegian whaling magnate Lars Christensen, and given this name.
The bedrock of the Larsemann Hills contains an unusually high abundance of boron and phosphate minerals and is the location of discovery of four new species of mineral. In 2014, the Stornes Penininsula within the Larsemann
, northern Victoria Land
- Bunger Hills, about , between Wilkes Land and Queen Mary Land
- Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land
- Vestfold Hills, about , Princess Elizabeth Land
- Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land
- Stillwell Hills, about , Kemp Land
- Schirmacher Oasis, about , Princess Astrid Coast, Queen Maud Land
References.
- Riffenburgh, Beau "Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, vol II" (Routledge, New York, 2007, )
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