Bulken Hill

Bulken Hill (71°51′S 26°58′E / 71.850°S 26.967°E / -71.850; 26.967Coordinates: 71°51′S 26°58′E / 71.850°S 26.967°E / -71.850; 26.967) is a hill, 2,220 metres (7,280 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Balchen Mountain in the Sør Rondane Mountains. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Bulken (the lump).[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Bulken Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-10-05.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Bulken Hill" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 12, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.