Gablenz back
| Gablenz back | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ S , 4 ° 30 ′ E | |
The Gablenz Ridge is a mountain range in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises between the northern part of the Preuschoff Ridge and the Luz Ridge in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains . To him belong the Grytøyrfjellet ridge and Skigarden .
The mountain range was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher . It is named after Carl August von Gablenz (1893–1942), then Lufthansa Executive Board member .
See also
Web links
- Gablenz Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gablenz Range on geographic.org (English)