Gessner Peak

Gessner Peak () is the highest peak (3,020 m) of Storkvarvet Mountain, standing 3 mi N of Habermehl Peak in the NE part of the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land.

Discovery and naming

Gessner Peak was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938-1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for the manager of the German Hansa-Luftbild, an aerial photographic corporation.^[1]

See also

• East Antarctica Ranges
• East Antarctic two-thousanders
• History of Antarctica
• List of Antarctic expeditions

References

"Gessner Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:5629. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

External links

• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gessner Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).