Mentzelberg

Mentzelberg
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height	2330  m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv
Coordinates	71 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Mentzelberg is a 2330  m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 10 km west of the Zimmermannberg in the Otto von Gruber 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 Rudolf Mentzel (1900–1987), from 1936 President of the German Research Foundation .

See also

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

Web links

• Mount Mentzel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mount Mentzel on geographic.org (English)