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Cape Norvegia
Cape Norvegia
is a prominent cape on
Princess Martha Coast
of
Queen Maud Land
. It marks the northeast extremity of
Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf
in
East Antarctica
, and the border point of
Weddell Sea
and
King Haakon VII Sea
. It was discovered by Commander
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
in February 1930 while on an airplane flight from the Norvegia, the ship in which the expedition was made. The cape was named by Riiser-Larsen for the ship.
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