Outpost (mountain)

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height	1670  m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Fimbulheimen
Coordinates	71 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  S , 15 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  S , 15 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The outpost is an isolated and 1,670  m high mountain in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises 40 km northeast of the Payer group .

It was discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . It was named after the fact that the mountain is like an outpost on the easternmost edge of the area that the German research trip explored.

See also

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

Web links

• Outpost peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Outpost Peak on geographic.org