Gockelkamm

Gockelkamm
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
part of	Sverdrupfjella
Coordinates	72 ° 42 ′  S , 0 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 72 ° 42 ′  S , 0 ° 12 ′  E

The Gockelkamm is a mountain ridge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises up at the southern end of Sverdrupfjella between Alanpiggen and Nupskåpa .

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 Wilhelm Gockel (* 1908), meteorologist on this research trip.

See also

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

Web links

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