Petermann chains

Petermann chains
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
part of	Well-being, massive
Coordinates	71 ° 40 ′  S , 12 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 71 ° 40 ′  S , 12 ° 20 ′  E

The Petermann Range are a group of contiguous mountain ranges in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . They rise up east of the Alexander von Humboldt Mountains in the central Wohlthat massif . These include the Eastern Petermann Chain , the Middle Petermann Chain , the Western Petermann Chain , the Southern Petermann Chain and the Pieckback .

They were discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . It is named after the German cartographer and geographer August Petermann (1822–1878).

See also

• List of the geographical objects named by the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39

Web links

• Petermann Ranges in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Petermann Ranges on geographic.org (English)