Mount Schumann
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 Topographic map of the Beethoven Peninsula with Mount Schumann (center) |
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| height | 600 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 38 '26 " S , 73 ° 41' 29" W | |
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Mount Schumann is an approximately 600 m (according to British data 500 m ) high mountain in the southwest of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises at the head of the Brahms Inlet on the Beethoven peninsula .
Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used in 1960 by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on March 2, 1961 after the German composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856).
Web links
- Mount Schumann in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Schumann on geographic.org (English)