Stein Nunataks () is a group of
nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
s about 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of
Witte Peaks Witte Peaks () is a line of about four nunataks trending SW-NE, rising 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Stein Nunataks on the north part of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly re ...
on the northeast part of
Ahlmann Ridge Ahlmann Ridge, also known as Ahlmannryggen, is a broad, mainly ice-covered ridge, about long, surmounted by scattered, low peaks. It rises between Schytt Glacier and Jutulstraumen Glacier and extends from Borg Massif northward to Fimbul Ice Shelf i ...
, in
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east. In addit ...
. Discovered by the
German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938–39, and named for
Willy Stein, boatswain of the expedition. They were surveyed by the
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), between 1949 and 1952.
Nunataks of Queen Maud Land
Princess Martha Coast
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