Sumnerkammen
| Sumnerkammen | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Tottanfjella in Heimefrontfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 56 ′ S , 11 ° 55 ′ W | |
The Sumnerkammen ( Norwegian ) is a mountain ridge up to 2310 m high in the Heimefrontfjella of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises on the northeastern foothills of the Tottanfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1967. It is named after Maurice Reginald Sumner (* 1935) from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , meteorologist at Halley Station from 1960 to 1962 and station manager from 1962 to 1964.
Web links
- Sumnerkammen in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Sumnerkammen in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)