Holtanna
| Holtanna | ||
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.jpg) Holtanna, view from the south |
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| height | 2650 m | |
| location | New Swabia , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Drygalskiberge | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 8 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| First ascent | Alain Hubert, Ralf Dujmovits, André Georges, Daniel Mercier, Fabrizzio Zangrilli and René Robert on the night of December 31, 2000 to January 1, 2001 | |
The Holtanna ( m , also f ; Norwegian for "hollow tooth") is a 2650 m high mountain in the Drygalski Mountains in Neuschwabenland ( East Antarctica ), a good 200 kilometers inland from Dublitskiy Bay on the Princess Astrid coast . It rises 800 meters from the ice surface.
The mountain was measured and mapped by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1956-1960, among other things with the help of aerial photographs .
Alpinism
The first ascent of Holtanna was achieved by Alain Hubert, Ralf Dujmovits , André Georges, Daniel Mercier, Fabrizzio Zangrilli and René Robert in 10 days over a route of difficulty ED / ABO 6b A2-A3 over the south pillar. The summit was reached on the night of December 31, 2000 to January 1, 2001.
The 2630 m high north summit had already been climbed in 1994 by Robert Caspersen , Sjur Nesheim and Ivar Tollefsen .
In 2008 Thomas Huber , Alexander Huber and Stephan Siegrist climbed the west face of the south pillar for the first time via the Ice Age route (difficulty level VII + A4 ).
literature
- Alain Hubert: Antarctica, Dronning Maud Land, Holtanna, First Ascent, and Various Other Climbs . In: American Alpine Club (Ed.): American Alpine Journal . tape 43 , no. 75 , 2001, p. 317-319 ( online ).
- Karsten Brunk: Orvinfjella in Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land - discovery, mapping and example of a colorful landscape of names . In: Polar Research . tape 82 , 2012, p. 120-136 ( PDF ).
- Ivar Erik Tollefsen: Queen Maud Land - Antarctica . Mortensen, Oslo 1994, ISBN 82-527-1250-9 .
Web links
- Holtanna Peak in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Holtanna in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Pictures of the expedition of the first climbers , renerobert.net
- Expedition Antarctica 2008 , huberbuam.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo Route of the first climbers ( Memento from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), ralf-dujmovits.de
- ^ Józef Nyka: Jøkulkyrkia, Queen Maud Land. In: American Alpine Journal , Volume 69, No. 37, 1995, p. 225.
- ↑ Topo Ice Age , huberbuam.de