Death bar
| Death bar | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 22 ′ S , 13 ° 57 ′ E | |
The death bar is a partially snow-covered and 5 km long mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 8 km west of the Mentzelberg at the eastern end of the Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthat massif .
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 Herbert Todt (1911–2003), secretary of this research trip.
See also
Web links
- Todt Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Todt Ridge on geographic.org (English)