Mount Paulcke
| Mount Paulcke | ||
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| height | 915 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 58 '59 " S , 64 ° 52' 54" W | |
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Mount Paulcke is a 915 m high mountain on the Graham Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises to the west of Huitfeldt Point on the Barilari Bay .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957 were used by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1959 after the German geologist and avalanche researcher Wilhelm Paulcke (1873-1949), a pioneer of ski mountaineering .
Web links
- Mount Paulcke in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Paulcke on geographic.org (English)