Pösche Mountain

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Pösche Mountain
height 600  m
location Spitsbergen
Coordinates 78 ° 23 '48 "  N , 18 ° 14' 5"  E Coordinates: 78 ° 23 '48 "  N , 18 ° 14' 5"  E
Pösche-Berg (Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
Pösche Mountain

The Pösche-Berg is a mountain on the main island of Spitzbergen in the Norwegian archipelago Spitzbergen (Svalbard). The mountain reaches a height of about 600 meters and is centrally located in the interior of the island. The names Poschefjellet , Posche Berg , Mount Posche and Pöschefjellet are also used for the mountain .

The mountain was named after the German author and geographer Theodor Pösche .

Individual evidence

  1. Information about the Pösche-Berg on getamap.net
  2. Pöschefjellet . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
  3. Manuel Schulz: From Oschersleben out into the world - The author's career of the enfant terrible Theodor Pösche . In: Börde, Bode, Heide - Heimatheft 2013 , publisher: Landkreis Börde, Haldensleben 2012, p. 48