Edge (Antarctica)
Cutting edge | ||
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location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Eastern Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The cutting edge ( Norwegian Madsensåta ; Russian Гора Контактная Gora Kontaktnaja , German 'Kontaktberg' ) is a mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the northern part of the Eastern Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv .
The mountain was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . The namesake for the Norwegian name is Jan Per Madsen, meteorologist with the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-1960), which was also active in this area.
See also
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 984 (English)
Web links
- Cutting edge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)