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{{Short description|Mountain in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica}}

'''Isfossnipa Peak''' ({{Coord|73|9|S|1|30|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a [[Summit (topography)|peak]] {{Convert|2|mi|0}} southeast of [[Austvorren Ridge]], surmounting the eastern part of the [[Neumayer Cliffs]] in [[Queen Maud Land]], Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the [[Third German Antarctic Expedition]] (1938–39). It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the [[Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] (1949–1952), led by [[John Schjelderup Giæver]], and from air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named "Isfossnipa" (the icefall peak).<ref name=gnis/>