- Humboldt Mountains
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- For the mountain ranges in Nevada, see East Humboldt Range and West Humboldt Range
Coordinates: 71°45′S 11°30′E / 71.75°S 11.5°E Humboldt Mountains is a group of mountains immediately west of the Petermann Ranges, forming the westernmost portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were discovered and mapped by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, who named them for Alexander von Humboldt, famed German naturalist and geographer of the first half of the nineteenth century.[1]
Geological features
Mount Skarshovden
Mount Skarshovden (71°47′S 11°38′E / 71.783°S 11.633°E) is a rounded mountain, 2,830 m, surmounting the western side of Hovdeskar Gap. It was discovered and photographed by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named Skarshovden ("the gap mountain").[2]
Yanovskiy Rocks
Yanovskiy Rocks (71°56′S 11°40′E / 71.933°S 11.667°E) are two isolated rock outcrops lying 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Mount Khmyznikov near the southeast end of the Humboldt Mountains. First mapped from air photos and surveys by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after Soviet hydrographer S.S. Yanovskiy.[3]
References
- ^ "Humboldt Mountains". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:7157. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ "Mount Skarshovden". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:13924. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ "Yanovskiy Rocks". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16862. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
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