Wegenerland ice sheet

Coordinates: 73 ° 0 ′  S , 5 ° 0 ′  E

Wegenerland ice sheet​

Antarctic

The Wegener Ice Sheet is a region in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It includes the areas of Amundsenisen and Wegenerisen on the polar plateau in the southern part of Fimbulheimen .

This area was recorded and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar researcher Alfred Ritscher . It is named after the German geoscientist and polar researcher Alfred Wegener (1880–1930).

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. 1682 (English)

Web links

• Wegenerinlandeis in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)