Cube (mountain)
| cube | ||
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| height | 2985 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Filchnerberge in Orvinfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 7 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The cube is a 2985 m high mountain in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises 5 km southeast of the Trollslottet mountain in the northwestern part of the Filchner Mountains in the Orvinfjella .
It was discovered and descriptively named after its cubic shape during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher .
See also
Web links
- Kubus Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kubus Mountain on geographic.org (English)