Sugar Loaf (Antarctica)
| Sugar Loaf | ||
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| height | 2525 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Otto von Gruber Mountains in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 25 '0 " S , 13 ° 27' 0" E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Sugar Loaf is a 2525 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 3 km southeast of the Ritscher summit in the Otto von Gruber mountains of the Wohlthat massif .
It was discovered and descriptively named after its shape during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher .
See also
Web links
- Mount Sugar Loaf in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Sugar Loaf at geographic.org (English)