Moon and the crater Wegener on Mars, as well as the asteroid 29227 Wegener and the peninsula where he died in Greenland (Wegener Peninsula near Ummannaq, ), are named after him. The European Geosciences Union sponsors an Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership "for scientists who have achieved exceptional international standing in atmospheric, hydrological or ocean sciences, defined in their widest senses, for their merit and their scientific achievements." Selected works English language edition: ; British edition: Methuen, London (1968). Köppen, W. & Wegener, A. (1924): Die Klimate der geologischen Vorzeit, Borntraeger Science Publishers. English language edition: The Climates of the Geological Past'' 2015. See also Hair ice – Wegener introduced a theory on the growth of hair ice in 1918. References External links Wegener Institute website USGS biography of Wegener Wegener biography at Pangaea.org Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) – Biographical material Wegener's paper (1912) online and analysed, BibNum (for English text go to "A télécharger") Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane – full digital facsimile at Linda Hall Library 1880 births 1930 deaths Explorers of the Arctic 20th-century German geologists 20th-century German male writers German climatologists German polar explorers German geophysicists German meteorologists German Army personnel of World War I Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Köllnisches Gymnasium alumni Scientists from Berlin Tectonicists Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the University of Hamburg