Rochlin Nunatakker
| Rochlin Nunatakker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highest peak | Komandnaya nunatak | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Payer group in Hoelfjella | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 72 ° 12 ′ S , 14 ° 28 ′ E | |
The Rokhlin-Nunatakker ( Russian Скала Рохлина scale Roch Lina ), four Nunatakker in East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . At the southern foothills of the Payer group in the Hoelfjella they rise up 10 km south of the Linnormen .
They were discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) from 1958 to 1959 were used for a new mapping. Scientists from a Soviet Antarctic expedition carried out from 1960 to 1961 also mapped and named it. It is named after the Soviet geologist M. I. Rochlin, who was killed by falling ice on board a research ship in January 1958.
Web links
- Rokhlin Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rokhlin Nunataks on geographic.org (English)