Zimmermannberg

Zimmermannberg
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height	2325  m
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv
Coordinates	71 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  S , 13 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Zimmermannberg is a 2325  m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 5.5 km north of the Ritscher summit in the Otto von Gruber Mountains .

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 Carl Zimmermann, then Vice President of the German Research Foundation .

See also

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

Web links

• Mount Zimmermann in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mount Zimmermann on geographic.org (English)