Gneiskopf Peak

Gneiskopf Peak () is a peak (2,930 metres or 9,610 feet) rising 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Mount Neustruyev at the southern end of Südliche Petermann Range, in the Wohlthat Mountains of Queen Maud Land.

Discovery and naming

Gneiskopf Peak was discovered and given the descriptive name Gneiskopf (gneiss peak) by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938-1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher.^[1]

See also

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

References

"Gneiskopf Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:5766. 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 "Gneiskopf Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).