Kamskaya Peak
| Kamskaya Peak | ||
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| height | 2690 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Weyprechtberge in Hoelfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 13 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Kamskaya Peak ( Russian Гора Камская Gora Kamskaja , German 'Kamaspitze' ) is with a height of 2690 m the highest peak of the Dekefjellet in the Weyprecht Mountains of the Hoelfjella in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land .
The mountain was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Participants in an Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1960 to 1961 probably named it after the Russian Kama River . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names converted the Russian name into English in 1970. In Norway the mountain is called Kamskajatoppen .
Web links
- Kamskaya peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kamskaya Peak on geographic.org (English)