Herrmannberge

Herrmannberge
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
part of	Sverdrupfjella
Coordinates	72 ° 33 ′  S , 0 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 72 ° 33 ′  S , 0 ° 30 ′  E

The Herrmannberge are a group of rocky elevations in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . They rise up between the Reecedalen and the Kvitsvodene in Sverdrupfjella . These include the Hamrane and the Rootshorga .

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 Ernst Herrmann (1895–1970), geographer of this research trip. Participants in the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) surveyed the mountains.

See also

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

Web links

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