Stone domes
| Stone domes | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Ahlmannryggen | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 36 ′ S , 1 ° 15 ′ W | |
The stone domes are a group of nunataks in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . They rise up 24 km east of the Wittespitzen in the northeastern part of the Ahlmannryggen .
This formation was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher . Namesake is Willy Stein, boatswain on the research vessel Schwabenland . A mapping was carried out by participants in the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952). In Norway the Nunatakker are called Straumsnutane .
See also
Web links
- Stone nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stein Nunataks on geographic.org (English)