Ormesporden Hill

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Ormesporden Hill ( 72°5′S14°19′E / 72.083°S 14.317°E / -72.083; 14.317 Coordinates: 72°5′S14°19′E / 72.083°S 14.317°E / -72.083; 14.317 ) is a hill at the southwest end of Linnormen Hills in the Payer Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Ormesporden (the serpent's tail).

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The Linnormen Hills are hills extending southwest–northeast and rising close east of Skavlhø Mountain in the Payer Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39), and were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from survey and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Linnormen.

The Payer Mountains is a group of scattered mountains extending north-south for about 37 km (23 mi), standing 15 km (9 mi) east of the Weyprecht Mountains and forming the eastern half of the Hoel Mountains in central Queen Maud Land.

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