Southern Petermann chain
| Southern Petermann chain | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Petermann chains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 46 ′ S , 12 ° 20 ′ E | |
The southern Petermann chain ( Norwegian Søre Petermannkjeda ) is a mountain range in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises over a length of 35 km in a northeast-southwest orientation from the Svarthausane to the Gneiskopf in the Wohlthat massif .
It was discovered 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). The naming was made by participants of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960).
Web links
- Southern Petermann Ranges in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Southern Petermann Range on geographic.org (English)