Röbkeberg

Röbkeberg
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location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Penck-Mulde in the Maudheimvidda
Coordinates	73 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  S , 4 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 73 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  S , 4 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  W.

The Röbkeberg is a nunatak in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises on the western edge of the Penck-Mulde in Maudheimvidda .

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 Karl-Heinz Röbke (* 1909), second officer on board the research ship Schwabenland . In Norway the nunatak is known as Isbrynet ( Norwegian for ice rim ).

See also

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

Web links

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