Mount Ruhnke

Mount Ruhnke

Mount Ruhnke (72°5′S 3°38′E / 72.083°S 3.633°E / -72.083; 3.633Coordinates: 72°5′S 3°38′E / 72.083°S 3.633°E / -72.083; 3.633) is a peak (2,535 m) in the northwest part of Festninga Mountain in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The name Ruhnkeberg was applied in the general area by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938–39, for Herbert Ruhnke, radio operator on the flying boat Passat used by this expedition. The correlation of the name with this feature may be arbitrary but is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/5/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.