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)
Wittespitzen (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Wittespitzen (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak (2d)
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:
NW part of Ahlmannryggen at the grounding line of the ice shelf Fimbulisen, comprising the nunataks of Marsteinen, Valken, Krylen, and Knotten, Ritscherhochland, Maudheimvidda, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.
Dietrich Witte, machinist on the expedition vessel 'Schwabenland' .
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