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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Dekefjellet (NOR) 71° 58' 00.0" S 13° 25' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 115000 Place ID: 3486

Mountain ridge in Weyprechtfjella in the W part of Hoelfjella, Fimbulheimen.

Dekefjellet Mountain (USA) 71° 58' 00.0" S 13° 25' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 124230 Place ID: 3486

An elongated mountain, about 3 mi long and surmounted by Kamskaya Peak, standing 1.5 mi W of Skavlrimen Ridge in the Weyprecht Mountains, Queen Maud Land. The feature is partly rock and partly covered with snow. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. The mountain was replotted from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Dekefjellet.

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