Mount Seekopf
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Mount Seekopf is a peak
(1,300 m) surmounting the east side of Lake Ober-See
in the Gruber Mountains
of Queen Maud Land
. Discovered and given the descriptive name Seekopf (lake peak) by the German Antarctic Expedition
, 1938–39, under Ritscher.
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...
(1,300 m) surmounting the east side of Lake Ober-See
Lake Ober-See
Lake Ober-See is a meltwater lake lying between Sjoneset Spur and Mount Seekopf in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938–39, who named it Ober-See ....
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 and given the descriptive name Seekopf (lake peak) 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...
, 1938–39, under Ritscher.