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Andersensåta (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Andersensåta (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Norway. It is part of the Norway Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Mountain W in Lingetoppane, in the NE part of Fimbulheimen. After Sverre K.Andersen, b. 1814, second lieutenan, member of "Kompani Linge" during the Second World War. Under the code name "Arquebus", while working on a farm in western Norway and pretending to be a half-wit, he maintained radio contact with England, and organized fighting units in the Haugesund district for more than three and a half years - the longest period on record in occupied Norway.
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