Mount Zeppelin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Zeppelin () is a mountain, 1,265 m, standing 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Eckener Point on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German aeronautical engineer who perfected the large-scale rigid airship, 1894-1917.
This article incorporates text from Mount Zeppelin, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
 |
This Antarctica or antarctic or sub-antarctic islands location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
