Paulsen Mountains
| Paulsen Mountains | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sverdrupfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 10 ′ S , 1 ° 21 ′ E | |
The Paulsenberg Mountains are a group of mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . They rise up in the northern part of Sverdrupfjella . These include the peaks of Brattskarvet , Vendeholten and the Tverrveggen ridge .
The mountains were discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . It is named after Karl-Heinz Paulsen (1909–1941), oceanographer on this research trip.
See also
Web links
- Paulsen Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Paulsen Mountains on geographic.org (English)