Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Drygalskiberge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Drygalskiberge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Range (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:
The range, flowed round by Vinjebreen and Sigynbreen, consists of a N part dominated by the nunataks of Sörensenskjera and Hemmestadskjera, and a S part dominated by the ridges of Fenriskjeften and its prominent mountain Matterhorn (Ulvetanna), Orvinfjella, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.
Erich von Drygalski (1865-1949), German geographer, leader of the German Antarctic Expedition 1901-03.
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