Name details

Klaus-Weber-Rücken

Klaus-Weber-Rücken (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Klaus-Weber-Rücken  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Germany Gazetteer Id 139299

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A ridge of approx. 300 m length, rising only a few metres above the snow surface, extending from NW to SE, one of the S-most exposures of Heimefrontfjella, approx. 7 km SE of Flisegga, Tottanfjella; was discovered on aerial photography taken by the Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie (Institue for Applied Geodesy), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1985/86 and visited and gelogically described for the first time in 1994; Maudheimvidda, Neuswabenland, Dronning Maud Land.

Named For

Klaus Weber (1936-2010), German geologist, member of two expeditions to Heimefrontfjella.

Location

Latitude:
75° 05' 54.0" S
-75.09833°
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Longitude:
12° 16' 12.0" W
-12.27000°
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Altitude:
2140 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Applied for name approval on 2010-FEB-20; factually checked and approved by StAGN (German PCGN) on 2010-APR-28; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR/IASC.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-May-2010

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