Uhlig summit

Uhlig summit
Image wanted
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Kirwanveggen in Maudheimvidda
Coordinates	73 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  S , 5 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 73 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  S , 5 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  W

The Uhliggipfel is a mountain peak in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises in the southwest of Kirwanveggen , and there in the northeastern part of the cliffs of Urfjell , which in turn run from the rock spur Uven in the southwest to the Nunatakkern of Dråpane in the northeast.

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 Karl Uhlig (* 1885), chief engineer of the research vessel Schwabenland . In Norway this peak is called Uhligberga .

See also

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

literature

• John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1608 (English)

Web links

• Uhliggipfel in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
• Uhligberga in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)