Walter Zürn (born August 21, 1937) is a renowned German physicist and seismologist.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions, the Zurn Peak (1515m) in Antarctica was named in his honor.
From 1971 to 1972, Zurn was Science Manager at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica.
[1] He said of the station, Walter Zürn returned to Germany in 1974 and joined the newly established German Geophysical Society, where he worked at the Universities of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.
In the 1980s, he collaborated with Gerhard Müller on groundbreaking experiments testing Newton's law of universal gravitation.