Seilkopfberge

Seilkopfberge
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
part of	Borg massif in the Maudheimvidda
Coordinates	72 ° 41 ′  S , 4 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 72 ° 41 ′  S , 4 ° 0 ′  W

The Seilkopfberge are a group of mainly ice-free mountains and ridges in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . They protrude between the mountain pass portals and the ridge Nålegga in the Borg Massif in Maudheimvidda on.

This formation was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher . It is named after the meteorologist Heinrich Seilkopf (1895–1968), head of the sea-flight department of the German Sea Observatory . A detailed mapping was carried out by participants of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).

See also

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

Web links

• Seilkopf peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Seilkopf Peaks on geographic.org (English)