Kvaevefjellet Mountain

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Kvaevefjellet Mountain (71°52′S, 14°27′E) is an elongated mountain, about 6 miles (10 km) long and surmounted by Mount Fucik, which has been eroded by the ice into a series of spurs that enclose small cirques, standing at the north end of the Payer Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named "Kvaevefjellet".

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