Spit top
| Spit top | ||
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| height | 1906 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Borg massif in Maudheimvidda | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Spießgipfel is a 1906 m high mountain peak in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises on the west side of the mountain Huldreslottet in the Borg massif of the Maudheimvidda .
It was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . It is named after Fritz Spieß (1881–1959), commander of the research vessel Meteor on the German Atlantic Expedition (1925–1927).
See also
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1483 (English)