Wohlthatmassiv (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Wohlthatmassiv (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Massif (2a)
This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Wohlthatmassiv is a large complex of several mountain ranges and chains, comprising (from W to E): Alexander-von-Humboldtgebirge (Norwegian name Humboldtfjella), Skeidshovden, Westliche Petermannkette (Norwegian names Sfinksen, vestre Petermannkjeda and Zwieselhøgda), søre Petermannkjeda, Mittlere Petermannkette (Norwegian name midtre Petermannkjeda), Östliche Petermannketten (Norwegian name austre Petermannkjeda), and Otto-von-Gruber-Gebirge (Norwegian name Gruberfjella). Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher;
Helmuth Wohlthat (1893-1982), director at the Prussian State Ministry, initiator and planner of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39.
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