Vystrel Mountain
| Vystrel Mountain | ||
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| height | 1995 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lomonosov Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 15 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Vystrel Mountain ( Russian Гора Вызтрел Gora Wystrel , German “Schussberg” ) is a 1995 m high and partly snow-covered mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . At the southern end of the Lomonossow Mountains, it rises 1.5 km south of Mount Rukhin .
The mountain was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Further mapping was carried out using aerial photographs and measurements taken by the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). Soviet scientists re-mapped and named between 1960 and 1961. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Russian designation in 1970 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Vystrel Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vystrel Mountain on geographic.org (English)