Johannes Müller comb
| Johannes Müller comb | ||
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| height | 2620 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Filchnerberge in Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 8 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Johannes-Müller-Kamm is a nunatak resembling a mountain ridge with a height of 2620 m in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises up in the southeastern foothills of the Filchner Mountains in the Orvinfjella .
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 Johannes Müller († 1941), second officer responsible for navigation on board the Deutschland for the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner . A new mapping was carried out in the course of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
See also
Web links
- Müller Crest in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Müller Crest on geographic.org (English)