Neumayer Cliffs ( ) is a series of abrupt rock cliffs forming the northeast end of
Kirwan Escarpment in
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20th meridian west, 20° west, specifically the Caird Coast, ...
. Discovered by the
German Antarctic Expedition under
Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher (23 May 1879 in Bad Lauterberg – 30 March 1963 in Hamburg) was a German polar explorer. A ''Kapitän zur See'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'', he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39, which mapped the New Swabia () ...
, 1938–39, and named for German geophysicist
Georg von Neumayer
Georg Balthazar von Neumayer (21 June 1826 – 24 May 1909) was a German polar explorer and scientist who was a proponent of the idea of international cooperation for meteorology and scientific observation. He served as a hydrographer for the ...
. Surveyed by the
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949–52.
See also
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Årmålsryggen
Årmålsryggen () is a ridge at the west end of the Neumayer Cliffs in Queen Maud Land. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39). It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by ...
Cliffs of Queen Maud Land
Princess Martha Coast
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