Mount Mentzel
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Mount Mentzel is a peak
(2,330 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Zimmermann
in the Gruber Mountains
of Queen Maud Land
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
under Ritscher, 1938–39, and named for the president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(German Research Society).
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
(2,330 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Zimmermann
Mount Zimmermann
Mount Zimmermann is a peak standing 3.5 miles north of Ritscher Peak in the Gruber Mountains, central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for the vice-president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ....
in the Gruber Mountains
Gruber Mountains
Gruber Mountains is a small group of mountains consisting of a main massif and several rocky outliers, forming the northeast portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, under Alfred Ritscher...
of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
New Swabia
New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...
under Ritscher, 1938–39, and named for the president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
(German Research Society).