Neumayer steep wall
| Neumayer steep wall | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Kirwanveggen , Maudheimvidda | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 7 ′ S , 1 ° 45 ′ W | |
The Neumayer steep face consists of a series of steep cliffs in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It forms the northeastern end of the Kirwanveggen in Maudheimvidda . The Årmålsryggen mountain range rises up at the western end of the Neumayer steep face .
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 the geophysicist and polar researcher Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909). Participants in the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) carried out a mapping.
See also
Web links
- Neumayer Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Neumayer Cliffs on geographic.org (English)