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Vitnesteinen Rock

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Vitnesteinen Rock (71°25′S 12°36′E) is a large rock outcrop along the west side of Östliche Petermann Range in the Wohlthat Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition of 1938-39 and replotted from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named "Vitnesteinen" (the witness stone).

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Vitnesteinen Rock" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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