Weißenstein (Shackleton Range)
| Weissenstein | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Pioneers Escarpment , Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 21 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Weißenstein is a mountain in the Shackleton Range , part of the Transantarctic Mountains in the Coatsland east of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf . In the Pioneers Escarpment it juts out of the ice between Mummery-Kliff and Whymper Spur .
The mountain was named in the Antarctic summer of 1987/1988 along with other previously unnamed geographic objects by participants in the GEISHA ( Geological Expedition to the Shackleton Range ) of the Alfred Wegener Institute . This and 7 other name suggestions from GEISHA were together with 7 suggestions from the expeditions GANOVEX V and VII on 9/10. Confirmed in May 1994 by the German State Committee for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and for the International Arctic Science Committee (ISAC) and reported to the SCAR.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Standing Committee for Geographical Names : Directory of German-language geographical names of the Antarctic. Version 2.14, June 13, 2014 (Introduction) (List of sources) , here sources 79–82. Retrieved May 15, 2019
- ↑ Weißenstein in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica , accessed on May 15, 2019