Gråkammen
| Gråkammen | ||
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| Highest peak | Tambovskaya Peak ( 2750 m ) | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Western Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 41 ′ S , 12 ° 20 ′ E | |
The Gråkammen (translated: Graukamm ) is a mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises up between the Gray Horns and the Aurdalen in the western Petermann chain of the Wohlthatmassiv . For this ridge which includes Tambovskaya peak and Solowjowberg .
It was discovered and mapped during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Participants of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) carried out a new mapping based on their own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs and gave the formation its descriptive name.
Web links
- Gråkammen Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gråkammen Ridge on geographic.org (English)