Name details

Watzmann

Watzmann (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Watzmann  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Germany Gazetteer Id 140192

Feature type: Station

Origin

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

Narrative

A station for long-term seismological measurements. First installation of a 3-component seismometer in 1993/94. Expansion in 1997 to a multi-station measuring field of 2 km diameter, located on the ridge of the W foothills of the ice rise Halvfarryggen, 43 km SE of Neumayer-Station III, 15 km off the grounding line of Halvfarryggen with the ice shelf Ekströmisen, Kronprinsesse Märta Kyst, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land.

Named For

Named after the 2713 m high impressive mountain Watzmann located in the SE most part of Bavaria, Germany, as a home-loving, humoristic memento to the Bavarian alpine landscape, not at all existing at this Antarctic location.

Location

Latitude:
70° 55' 31.8" S
-70.92549°
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Longitude:
7° 23' 34.9" W
-7.39304°
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Altitude:
450 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Applied for name approval on 2021-MAY-24; factually checked and approved by StAGN (German PCGN) on 2021-MAY-28; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR/IASC

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jun-2021

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