Geßnerspitze
| Geßnerspitze | ||
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| height | 3020 m | |
| location | Neuschwabenland ( Queen Maud Land ), East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 6 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| First ascent |
Ivar Tollefsen Robert Caspersen |
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The Gessner peak with 3020 m the highest summit of the Storkvarvet in Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It rises 3 km north of the Habermehl summit .
The mountain was discovered during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 . This expedition was led by Captain Alfred Ritscher . The summit was named after Wilhelm Geßner, the director of Hansa-Luftbild . The Norwegian entrepreneur Ivar Tollefsen made the first ascent of the mountain in 1994.
Web links
- Gessner Peak in SCAR Gazetteer , Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- Gessnertind in Place names in Norwegian polar areas , Norwegian Polar Institute
Individual evidence
- ^ Józef Nyka: Jøkulkyrkia, Queen Maud Land. In: American Alpine Journal , Volume 69, No. 37, 1995, p. 225.