# Basissletta

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**Basissletta** is a small, gently sloping, ice-covered plain between [Pyramiden Nunatak](/source/Pyramiden_Nunatak) and [Stamnen Peak](/source/Stamnen_Peak), near the southwest end of [Ahlmann Ridge](/source/Ahlmann_Ridge) in [Queen Maud Land](/source/Queen_Maud_Land). It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and from air photos by the [Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition](/source/Norwegian-British-Swedish_Antarctic_Expedition) (1949–1952), led by [John Schjelderup Giæver](/source/John_Schjelderup_Gi%C3%A6ver) and named "Basissletta" (the "base plain").

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