Bertrab Nunatak
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Bertrab Nunatak is a nunatak
located along the south side of Lerchenfeld Glacier
and about 5 miles (8 km) west-southwest of the Littlewood Nunataks
. It was discovered by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner
, who named this feature for General von Bertrab.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
located along the south side of Lerchenfeld Glacier
Lerchenfeld Glacier
Lerchenfeld Glacier is a glacier flowing in a west-northwesterly direction between Bertrab Nunatak and Littlewood Nunataks. It coalesces with the southern flank of Schweitzer Glacier before the combined flow discharges into the head of Vahsel Bay...
and about 5 miles (8 km) west-southwest of the Littlewood Nunataks
Littlewood Nunataks
Littlewood Nunataks is a group of four lichen-covered nunataks, rising to about 250 m between Schweitzer and Lerchenfeld Glaciers, Luitpold Coast. The nunataks are brick red in color. They were discovered and first roughly charted by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm...
. It was discovered by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner
Wilhelm Filchner
Wilhelm Filchner was a German explorer.At the age of 21, he participated in his first expedition, which led him to Russia. Two years later, he travelled alone and on horseback through the Pamir Mountains, from Osh to Murgabh to the upper Wakhan to Tashkurgan and back...
, who named this feature for General von Bertrab.