Mount Zimmermann

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Mount Zimmermann (71°20′S, 13°20′E) is a peak (2,325 m) standing 3.5 miles (6 km) north of Ritscher Peak in the Gruber Mountains, central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for the vice-president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society).


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