Gneiss head
| Gneiss head | ||
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| height | 2930 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Southern Petermann chain , Wohlthat massif | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Gneiskopf is a 2930 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises southwest of the Neustrujowberg at the southern end of the southern Petermann chain in the Wohlthat massif .
Discovery and naming
Participants in the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher discovered and named him. It is named after gneiss , a metamorphic rock that is predominant on this mountain.
Web links
- United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): Gneiskopf
- Australian Antarctic Data Center: Gneissopf
Individual evidence
- ^ Gneiskopf Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 28, 2011.