Pieck Range

Pieck Range (71°45′S 12°6′E / 71.750°S 12.100°E / -71.750; 12.100Coordinates: 71°45′S 12°6′E / 71.750°S 12.100°E / -71.750; 12.100) is a short mountain range surmounted by Zwiesel Mountain,[1] located at the east side of Humboldt Graben in the Petermann Ranges, Wohlthat Mountains in Antarctica.

It was discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after Wilhelm Pieck, first President of communist East Germany.

References

  1. ↑ Stewart, John (1990). Antarctica: an encyclopedia 3. McFarland. p. 771. ISBN 0-89950-598-8. line feed character in |title= at position 12 (help)

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


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