Forschungen im Hunza-Karakorum: Vorläufiger Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten der Deutsch-Österreichischen Himalaya-Karakorum-Expedition 1954

Abstract: Between ehe areas which had been investigated by German scientific expeditions in the Pamir, Hindukusch, norch-western Himalaya and south-eastern Karakorum, there still existed a gap in the north-western Karakorum. To close this gap was the aim of the GermanAustrian Himalaya-Karakorum Expedition, 1954, which consisted of one group of seven mountaineers and another of four scientists. The first and most fundamental task was to make a map on a scale of 1 : 100,000 of an area of about 3,000 sq. Km. The very difficult task of triangulation was accomplished 1:-y K. Heckler who, while returning, met with a fatal accident in the Hunza gorge on 26 July 1954. He and W. Pillewizer together carried out the photogrammetric survey, the results of which are at present being plotted. H. ]. Schneider and K. Wienert carried out earth magnetic measurement at 132 stations in a north-south profile across the north-western Karakorum; no particular anomalies were encountered. In the north-western Karako.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/1160

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Forschungen im Hunza-Karakorum: Vorläufiger Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten der Deutsch-Österreichischen Himalaya-Karakorum-Expedition 1954 ; volume:10 ; number:1 ; year:1956 ; Erdkunde ; 10, Heft 1 (1956)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Paffen, Karlheinz ; Pillewizer, Wolfgang ; Schneider, Hans-Jochen

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1956.01.01
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410291238515.267517566175
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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