Eastern high field
| Eastern high field | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Well-being, massive | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 50 ′ S , 12 ° 10 ′ E | |
The Eastern High Field ( Norwegian Austre Høgskeidet ) is an ice-covered plateau in Queen Maud Land . In the Wohlthatmassiv it lies between the Skeidshornet , the Grabenhorn and Zwieselberg in the west and the southern Petermann chain in the east.
It was named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher .
See also
- Western high field
- List of the geographical objects named by the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1 and 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 95 and 1163 (English)
Web links
- Eastern high field in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)