Loesener plate

Loesener plate
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location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  S , 5 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 72 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  S , 5 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E

The Loesenerplatte is a plateau in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located on the southwest side of the Hamarskorvene cliff in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains .

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 the aircraft mechanic Kurt Loesener from Lufthansa , a participant in this research trip.

See also

• List of the geographical objects named by the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39

literature

• John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 945 (English)