Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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Paalnibba (NOR) | 74° 45' 42.0" S | 11° 36' 30.0" W | |
Name ID: 115732
Place ID: 10803
Mountain peak S of Jahntinden in Skjønsbergskarvet, Heimefrontfjella in Maudheimvidda. After Paal Berg, b. 1873, chief judge. Under his leadership, the Supreme Court resigned in 1940 in protest against nazi laws, and thus gave the Resistance legal support. He later became the formal leader of the Central Resistance Board. |
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