Reinwarthhöhe

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Reinwarthhöhe
height 698  m
location Berkner Island ( West Antarctica )
Coordinates 78 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  S , 46 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 78 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  S , 46 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  W
Reinwarthhöhe (Antarctica)
Reinwarthhöhe

The Reinwarthhöhe (also known as North Dome ) is a 698  m high ice dome in the north of Berkner Island in the West Antarctic Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf .

German scientists named it in 1991 after the German glaciologist Oskar Reinwarth (1929–2018).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Heidi Escher-Vetter: In memoriam Dr. hc Oskar Reinwarth. In: Polarforschung 88 (1), pp. 53–54, 2018 (accessed on February 18, 2020).