Habermehlgipfel
| Habermehlgipfel | ||
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| height | 2945 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 6 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Habermehlgipfel ( Norwegian Habermehltoppen , English Habermehl Peak ) is a 2945 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 5 km south of the Geßnerspitze in the northeast part of the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains .
It was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . It is named after the meteorologist Richard Habermehl (1890–1980), then head of the Reich Weather Service . A new mapping was carried out using aerial photographs taken during the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
See also
Web links
- Habermehl Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Habermehl Peak on geographic.org (English)
- Habermehl summit on an aerial photo from January 31, 1939 of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 (PDF, geographical names added later)