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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Stein Nunataks (RUS) 71° 40' 00.0" S 2° 20' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 120772 Place ID: 13981

Stein Nunataks (USA) 71° 36' 00.0" S 1° 15' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 132139 Place ID: 13981

A group of nunataks about 15 mi E of Witte Peaks on the NE part of Ahlmann Ridge, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Willy Stein, boatswain of the expedition. Surveyed by NBSAE, 1949-52.

Steinkuppen (DEU) 71° 40' 00.0" S 1° 30' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 107119 Place ID: 13981

NE part of Ahlmannryggen, comprising the nunataks Utkikken, Straumsnutane, Snökjerringa, Brautnuten, Litvillingane, and Gråsteinen, where Jutulstraumen and Penckmulde are entering the ice shelf Fimbulisen, Ritscherhochland, Maudheimvidda, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.

Straumsnutane (NOR) 71° 35' 00.0" S 1° 10' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 116102 Place ID: 13981

Collection of nunataks NE in Ahlmannryggen, on the W side of the lower part of Jutulstraumen, E-most in Maudheimvidda. From neighbouring name: Jutulstraumen.

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