Luz back
| Luz back | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 3 ′ S , 4 ° 49 ′ E | |
The Luz Ridge is a 22 km long mountain range in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises to the east of the Gablenz Ridge in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains . Petrellfjellet and Snøbjørga belong to it .
The mountain range was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher . It is named after Walter Luz (1898–1969), Commercial Director of Lufthansa .
See also
Web links
- Luz Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Luz Range on geographic.org (English)