Komandnaya nunatak
| Komandnaya nunatak | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 14 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Komandnaja Nunatak ( Russian Гора Командная Gora Komandnaja , German “Command Mountain ” ) is a nunatak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the easternmost and highest of the Rochlin Nunatakker in the southern part of the Payer group in Hoelfjella .
It was discovered and mapped during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Scientists from a Soviet Antarctic expedition carried out from 1960 to 1961 , during which a new mapping was carried out based on aerial photographs and measurements , named him.
Web links
- Komandnaya Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Komandnaya Nunatak on geographic.org (English)