Layer mountains

Layer mountains
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location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv
Coordinates	71 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  E

The Layer Mountains are a prominent mountain with several peaks in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica . It rises 6.5 km west-southwest of the Ritscher summit in the Otto von Gruber mountains of the Wohlthat massif .

It was discovered, identified as a mountain range and named accordingly during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . The name is derived from the banding of the mountain through different rock layers.

See also

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

Web links

• Mount layer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mount Layer on geographic.org (English)