Mount Mentzel

Mount Mentzel
Map
Highest point
Coordinates71°22′S 13°40′E / 71.367°S 13.667°E / -71.367; 13.667
Climbing
First ascent1939

Mount Mentzel (German: Mentzelberg) is a peak, 2,330 metres (7,640 ft) high, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Zimmermann in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. it was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher, 1938–39, and named for Rudolf Mentzel, the president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society).[1]

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