Schulzhöhen
| Schulzhöhen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Maudheimvidda | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 6 ′ S , 6 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Schulz Heights are a mountain range in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . They rise to the northwest of the Sørflya , the southeastern branch of the Kirwanveggen in the Maudheimvidda .
The mountain range was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher . It is named after Robert Schulz, second engineer on board the research ship Schwabenland .
See also
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1347 (English)
Web links
- Schulzhöhen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)