Zwieselberg (Antarctica)
| Zwieselberg | ||
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| height | 2970 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Pieckback , Petermann chains , Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Zwieselberg is a 2970 m high and highly fragmented mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises as the northern section of the Pieck ridge in the Petermann chain of the Wohlthat massif .
It was discovered and descriptively named after its forked shape during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher .
See also
Web links
- Zwiesel Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Zwiesel Mountain on geographic.org (English)