Pieck Range is a short mountain range

Mountain range

A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

 surmounted by Zwiesel Mountain

Zwiesel Mountain

Zwiesel Mountain is a large complex mountain which is highly dissected, rising to 2,970 m and forming the north portion of Pieck Range in the Petermann Ranges of Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and given the descriptive name "Zwiesel-Berg" by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by...

, located at the east side of Humboldt Graben

Humboldt Graben

Humboldt Graben is a glacier-filled valley, 20 nautical miles long, trending north-south between the Humboldt Mountains and the Petermann Ranges in Queen Maud Land. The feature was discovered and mapped by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938–39, who named it in association with...

 in the Petermann Ranges, Wohlthat Mountains

Wohlthat Mountains

Wohlthat Mountains is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in Fimbulheimen in the central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition ,...

 in Antarctica.

It was discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...

, 1956–60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition

Soviet Antarctic Expedition

The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....

, 1960–61, and named after Wilhelm Pieck

Wilhelm Pieck

Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck was a German politician and a Communist. In 1949, he became the first President of the German Democratic Republic, an office abolished upon his death. He was succeeded by Walter Ulbricht, who served as Chairman of the Council of States.-Biography:Pieck was born to...

, first President of communist East Germany.