Mount Skarshovden

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Mount Skarshovden (71°47′S, 11°38′E) is a rounded mountain, 2,830 m, surmounting the west side of Hovdeskar Gap in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39, mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Skarshovden ("the gap mountain").

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