Luna-Devyat 'Mountain
| Luna-Devyat 'Mountain | ||
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| height | 1880 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Luna-Devyat 'Mountain ( Russian Гора Луна-девять Gora Luna devjat , German , Luna-9 Mountain' Norwegian Luna 9-haugen ) is a 1,880 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains of the Wohlthatmassiv it rises at the eastern end of the Eidshaugane .
He was discovered and photographed from the air during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). Participants in a Soviet Antarctic expedition (1960–1961) carried out a new mapping. The mountain is named after the Soviet probe Luna 9 , which made the first successful landing on the moon on February 3, 1966 . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Russian designation in 1970 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Luna Devyat 'Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Luna-Devyat 'Mountain on geographic.org (English)