Bastei (Antarctica)

Bastion
The bastion with the Untersee in front of it
height	2460  m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv
Coordinates	71 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The bastion is a prominent and 2460  m high mountain in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises 3 km west of the Mentzelberg in the Otto von Gruber Mountains .

It was discovered and named descriptively during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher .

See also

• List of the geographical objects named by the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39

Web links

• Mount Bastei in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mount Bastei on geographic.org (English)