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)
Westliches Hochfeld (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Westliches Hochfeld (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (2h)
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:
Glacier (Norwegian name vestre Høgskeidet) in the S part of Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gebirge, the ridges of Vindegga in the W and Skeidsnutane in the E, flowing in SW direction before confluencing with Somoveken, Wohlthatmassiv, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Donning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.
Western upland.
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